Modelling the morphology of sandy spits

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 671-684

  Petersen, Dorthe ^a   Deigaard, Rolf ^a   Fredsøe, Jørgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coastal morphology; Laboratory experiments; Littoral drift; Longshore transport; Numerical modelling; Sandy hooks; Sediment transport; Spits

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

LITTORAL DRIFT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SANDY HOOKS; SANDY SPIT;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SPIT; SURF ZONE;

EID: 44949195933     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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