Can the gold coast beaches withstand extreme events?

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Castelle, Bruno ^a,b   Corre, Yann ^a   Tomlinson, Rodger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

CLIMATE INDICATORS; ENERGETIC WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

BEACHES;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION RATE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 38949119678     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0086-y     Document Type: Article

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