Lifting up the flap or why quantitative beach behaviour predictive modelling can't work

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 585-587

  Pilkey, O H ^a   Cooper, J A G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bruun Rule; Mathematical models; Ordering complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649140450     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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