Headland-bay beach planform and tidal range: A neural network model

Geomorphology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Iglesias, G ^a   Lopez I ^a   Carballo, R ^a   Castro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Artificial neural networks; Bays; Beach features; Coastal landforms; Tidal range

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL LANDFORM; MODELING; TIDAL RANGE;

EID: 69949109543     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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