Cyclic sand bar migration on a spit-platform in the Danish Wadden Sea - Spit-platform morphology related to variations in water level

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 672-679

  Vinther, Niels ^a   Nielsen, Jørgen ^a   Aagaard, Troels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beach surveys; Denmark; Dissecting ebb channels; Tidal inlet; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SANDBAR; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL INLET; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WADDEN SEA; WORLD;

EID: 4444329265     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)20[672:csbmoa]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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