Wave-impact characteristics of plunging breakers acting on gravel beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 26-35

  Pedrozo Acuña, Adrián ^a   Simmonds, David J ^a   Reeve, Dominic E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gravel beach; plunging breaker; pressure; wave impact

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; BEACH PROFILES; BREAKING WAVES; COARSE GRAINED (CG); DIFFERENT TYPES; ELSEVIER (CO); EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FREE SURFACES; FULL SCALE; IMPACT PRESSURES; INCIDENT WAVES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; PRESSURE IMPULSES; SANDY BEACHES; SIMMONDS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE IMPACTS; WAVE STEEPNESS;

BEACHES; GRAVEL; LANDFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS; MORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PRESSURE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACES; WATER WAVES;

WAVES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; GRAVEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 45549087230     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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