Wind waves and sediment transport regime off the south-central Kerala coast, India

Natural Hazards

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-345

  Kurian, N P ^a   Rajith, K ^a   Shahul Hameed, T S ^a   Sheela Nair, L ^a   Ramana Murthy, M V ^b   Arjun, S ^a   Shamji, V R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Beach; Erosion; Innershelf; Kerala coast; Numerical modelling; Sediment transport; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND WAVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 64249146766     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-008-9318-3     Document Type: Article

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