Coastline sand waves on a low-energy beach at "El Puntal" spit, Spain

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 143-156

  Medellin G ^a   Medina, R ^a   Falques A ^b   Gonzalez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

coastline instability; El Puntal; PCA; sand spit; sand waves; video images

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE INSTABILITY; EL PUNTAL; SAND SPITS; SAND WAVES; VIDEO IMAGES;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BEACH; COAST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAND WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPIT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CANTABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 41949134708     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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