Comment on the article "Morphodynamic classification of sandy beaches in low energetic marine environment" by Gómez-Pujol, L., Orfila, A., Cañellas, B., Alvarez-Ellacuria, A., Méndez, F.J., Medina, R. and Tintoré, J. Marine Geology, 242, pp. 235-246, 2007

Marine Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-101

  Jiménez, José A ^a,c   Guillén, Jorge ^b,c   Falqués, Albert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

beach morphodynamics; Mediterranean Sea; morphodynamic modelling; video imaging; wave forcing

Indexed keywords

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELLING; VIDEO IMAGING; WAVE FORCING;

BEACHES;

BEACH; CLASSIFICATION; DEPOSITION; HINDCASTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; SETTLING VELOCITY; VIDEOGRAPHY; WAVE FORCE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 52049086891     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.04.002     Document Type: Note

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