Modelling of wave climate and sediment transport patterns at a tideless embayed beach, Pirita Beach, Estonia

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Soomere, Tarmo ^a   Kask, Andres ^a   Kask, Jüri ^a   Healy, Terry ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beaches; Sediment distribution; Sediment transport; Tallinn Bay; Wave climate; Wave modelling

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MINES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEYS; BEACH PROFILES; BEACH PROTECTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES; ESTONIA; FINE SANDS; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; LOCAL WAVES; LONG BEACHES; NEARSHORE; SAND TRANSPORTS; SEA FLOORS; SEA WINDS; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATTERNS; SHORT WAVES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPECTRAL RANGES; TALLINN BAY; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TRANSPORT DIRECTIONS; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE FIELDS; WAVE MODELS; WAVE PROCESSES; WAVE PROPERTIES;

LANDFORMS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEACH; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; TALLINN;

EID: 57049142590     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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