Long-term evolution of a transgressive migrating dune using reconstruction of the EOF method

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 167-177

  Muñoz Perez, Juan J ^a   Navarro, Marina ^a   Roman Sierra, Jorge ^a   Tejedor, Begoña ^a   Rodriguez, Inmaculada ^b   Gomez Pina, Gregorio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Demarcación de Costas Andalucía Atlántico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal dune; EOF method; Meteorological conditions; Migration rates; Profile evolution; Transgressive migrating dune

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EIGENVALUE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; SAND; SLOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 69749094161     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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