Storm-generated morphological change and longshore sand transport in the intertidal zone of a multi-barred macrotidal beach

Marine Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 209-229

  Sedrati, Mouncef ^a   Anthony, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

beach profile; intertidal bar trough beach; longshore transport; macrotidal beach; southern North Sea; storms; wind forcing

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; INTERTIDAL BAR TROUGH BEACH; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MACROTIDAL BEACH; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; WIND FORCING;

BEACHES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; TIDES;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BARCHAN; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; DOWNWELLING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE CURRENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM DEPOSIT; TIDAL RANGE; TROUGH; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 34548493440     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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