Sediment transport on a macrotidal ridge and runnel beach during accretion conditions

Coastal Dynamics 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1017-1027

  Stépanian, Alexis ^a   Vlaswinkel, Brigitte ^a,b   Levoy, Franck ^a   Larsonneur, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FIELD CAMPAIGN; FLUORESCENT TRACERS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SAND TRANSPORT; SAND TRANSPORT RATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION; SHOALING WAVES; TRACER CLOUDS;

BEACHES;

EID: 4243974971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40566(260)104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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