Video observations of beach cusp morphodynamics

Marine Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Almar, Rafael ^a   Coco, Giovanni ^b   Bryan, Karin R ^c   Huntley, D A ^d   Short, A D ^e   Senechal, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

beach cusps; image analysis; nearshore; pattern formation; swash zone

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSPS; BEACH FACE; CUSP FORMATION; DATA SETS; EDGE WAVES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILLING; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE; NEW ZEALAND; PATTERN FORMATION; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SUB HARMONICS; SWASH ZONE; VIDEO IMAGING;

BEACHES; STORMS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

LANDFORMS;

ACCRETION; BEACH CUSP; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPACING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

EID: 49949099677     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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