Equilibrium beach profile concept for Delaware beaches

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-160

  Ozkan Haller H T ^a   Brundidge, Sarah ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaches; Data analysis; Delaware; Models; Sand; Wave action

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

BEACH SLOPES; EQUILIBRIUM BEACH PROFILE; MODEL COEFFICIENTS; RELATIVE ERRORS; WAVE ACTION;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

DELAWARE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847202909     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2007)133:2(147)     Document Type: Article

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