Observations of rip spacing, persistence and mobility at a long, straight coastline

Marine Geology

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Turner, Ian L ^a   Whyte, David ^a   Ruessink, B G ^b   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Natural Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

coastal imaging; rip currents; surfzone morphology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL IMAGING; OFFSHORE WAVE CONDITIONS; RIP CURRENTS; SURFZONE MORPHOLOGY;

HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS;

COASTAL ZONES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; LONGSHORE CURRENT; RIP CURRENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 33845952399     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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