Determination of sediment transport paths on a macrotidal shoreface: Comparison of the "gao and collins" method with near-bed current measurements

Coastal Dynamics 2005 - Proceedings of the Fifth Coastal Dynamics International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Héquette, Arnaud ^a   Hemdane, Yacine ^a   Anthony, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING;

GAO AND COLLINS METHOD; SEDIMENT REMOBILIZATION; SHEAR VELOCITY; TRANSPORT PATTERN;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 35448958117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40855(214)88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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