Longshore sand transport estimates along the Mediterranean coast of Israel in the Holocene

Marine Geology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Zviely, D ^a   Kit, E ^b   Klein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

coastal processes; Haifa Bay; longshore sediment transport (LST); Nile littoral cell; paleo coastlines; sand

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SAND;

COASTAL PROCESSES; LONGSHORE SAND; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT (LST); SAND TRANSPORT;

COASTAL ZONES;

BREAKING WAVE; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT CORE;

ABU QUIR BAY; AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; HAIFA BAY; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL]; MIDDLE EAST; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33847276763     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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