Seasonal wave changes and the morphodynamic response of the beach-inner shelf of Abu Qir Bay, Mediterranean coast, Egypt

Marine Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Frihy, Omran E ^a   Hassan, Mohamed S ^a   Deabes, Essam A ^a   Badr, Abd El Moniem A ^a  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

beach erosion; coastal processes; grain sorting; morphodynamics; Nile delta; sediment transport; wave seasonality

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; COASTAL PROCESSES; GRAIN SORTING; MORPHODYNAMICS; NILE DELTA; WAVE SEASONALITY;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURVEYS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEACH EROSION; DELTA; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF DYNAMICS; WAVE HEIGHT;

ABU QUIR BAY; AFRICA; ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [EGYPT]; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 37749018180     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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