Longshore drift: Trapped in an expected universe

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 599-606

  Cooper, J A G ^a   Pilkey, O H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; CURRENT PRACTICES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 5044237292     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/022204740599     Document Type: Article

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