Number of tracers required for the measurement of longshore transport distance on a shingle beach

Marine Geology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Lee, M W E ^a   Sear, D A ^a   Atkinson, P M ^a   Collins, M B ^a,c   Oakey, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

Author keywords

beach; sediment transport; shingle; statistical analysis; tracers

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS PARTICLES; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT DISTANCE; SHINGLE BEACH;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BEACHES;

BEACH; DATA SET; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; PRECISION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHINGLE; TRACER;

EID: 34247596403     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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