Pattern of beach erosion and scour depth along the Rosetta promontory and their effect on the existing protection works, Nile Delta, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 857-866

  Frihy, Omran E ^a   Shereet, Samy M ^a   El Banna, Mahmoud M ^a  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Depth scour; Littoral cells; Mediterranean; Nile Delta; Nodal points; Rosetta seawall; Sediment transport; Shoreline rate of change

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL PROTECTION; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SCOUR; SEA WALL; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SURF ZONE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NILE DELTA; NORTH AFRICA; ROSETTA PROMONTORY;

EID: 51549100025     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0855.1     Document Type: Article

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