Field observations of nearshore bar formation

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1021-1032

  Aagaard, Troels ^a   Kroon, Aart ^a   Hughes, Michael G ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Morphodynamics; Nearshore bars; Sediment transport; Surf zone; Undertow

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUXES; GRADIENT METHODS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MINES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; BED SLOPE; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC CURRENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLUX GRADIENTS; HIGH ENERGIES; IN-SITU; MEAN CURRENTS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; NEAR-SHORE; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PROCESS MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE WAVE HEIGHT; SANDY BEACHES; SEDIMENT FLUXES; SURF ZONES;

SEDIMENTATION;

BACKSCATTER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 46649117316     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1599     Document Type: Article

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