Seasonal changes of sandbar behavior in Nanwan Beach, South China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1209-1216

  Dai, Zhi Jun ^a,b   Chen, Ji Yu ^a   Du, Jin Zhou ^a   Li, Chun Chu ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eigenfunction analysis; Sandbar behavior; Spatial and temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; EIGENVALUE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SANDBAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANWAN BAY; TAIWAN;

EID: 53649106057     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0773.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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