Efficacy of beach dewatering - Alassio, Italy

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 791-800

  Bowman, Dan ^a   Ferri, Serena ^b   Pranzini, Enzo ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beach drain; Beach morphodynamics; Italy coast

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION; WATER WAVES;

BEACH DEWATERING; BEACH DRAIN; BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; DEWATERING; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PROTECTION; WATER WAVES;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DEWATERING; EROSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAPPING; MORPHODYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; STORM SURGE;

ALASSIO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SAVONA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35349030833     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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