Longshore drift estimation using fluorescent tracers: New insights from an experiment at Comporta Beach, Portugal

Marine Geology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 137-150

  Silva, Ana ^a,b   Taborda, Rui ^a   Rodrigues, Aurora ^b   Duarte, João ^b   Cascalho, João ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

active layer; mixing depth; Portugal; reflective beach; sand tracer

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; MIXING DEPTH; PORTUGAL; REFLECTIVE BEACH; SAND TRACER;

FLUORESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BEACHES;

ACTIVE LAYER; ADVECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; OPTIMIZATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL MIXING;

COMPORTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247588614     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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