Rhythmic surf zone bars and morphodynamic self-organization

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 622-641

  Falques A ^a   Dodd, N ^b   Garnier, R ^a   Ribas, F ^a   MacHardy, L C ^b   Larroude P ^c   Calvete, D ^a   Sancho, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEGI   (France)

^d NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Morphodynamics; Numerical models; Rhythmic topography; Rip currents; Sand bars; Self organization; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

MORPHODYNAMICS; RHYTHMIC TOPOGRAPHY; SURF ZONE;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

COASTAL ZONES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDBAR; SURF ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 44949227652     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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