Groins system for shoreline stabilization on the east side of the Rosetta promontory, Nile Delta coast

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-387

  Elsayed, Mohamed A K ^a   Mahmoud, Sameh M ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Shore Protection Authority Study and Research Sector   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Beach profile; Sediment transport; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL PROTECTION; GROIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; STABILIZATION; WAVE CLIMATE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34047120214     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0319.1     Document Type: Article

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