Laboratory investigation of beach scarp and dune recession due to notching and subsequent failure

Marine Geology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Erikson, Li H ^a   Larson, Magnus ^a   Hanson, Hans ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

beach scarps; dunes; notching; tensile strength; wave impact

Indexed keywords

BEACH SCARPS; GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; NOTCHING; WAVE IMPACT;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

BEACHES;

BEACH; DUNE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; LABORATORY METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; WAVE;

EID: 35248834680     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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