Beach nourishments at Coolangatta Bay over the period 1987-2005: Impacts and lessons

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 940-950

  Castelle, Bruno ^a,d,e   Turner, Ian L ^b   Bertin, Xavier ^c   Tomlinson, Rodger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial sand bypassing; Beach nourishment; Dredging; Embayment; Sand supply; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ALLOYS; BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; DREDGING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SHORE PROTECTION;

ARTIFICIAL SAND; BEACH NOURISHMENT; EMBAYMENT; SAND SUPPLY; VIDEO IMAGING;

SAND;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL PROTECTION; DREDGING; SEDIMENTATION; VIDEOGRAPHY; WAVE FORCE; WAVE MODELING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOLANGATTA BAY; GOLD COAST; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; TWEED RIVER [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 67651087172     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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