Modeling the effects of wave skewness and beach cusps on littoral sand transport

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 141-149

  Haas, Kevin A ^a   Check, Lindsay A ^b   Hanes, Daniel M ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Envirodesign Inc   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach cusps; Littoral transport; Wave skewness

Indexed keywords

BEACH CUSP; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SKEWNESS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 51549088146     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0759.1     Document Type: Article

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