Morphodynamic classification of sandy beaches in low energetic marine environment

Marine Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Gomez Pujol L ^a   Orfila, A ^a   Canellas B ^a   Alvarez Ellacuria, A ^a   Mendez F J ^b   Medina, R ^b   Tintore J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

beach morphodynamics; beach morphology

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS FALL PARAMETER; GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; MORPHODYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION; SANDY BEACHES;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SEA BREEZE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34447557997     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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