Berm formation and dynamics on a gently sloping beach; the effect of water level and swash overtopping

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1533-1546

  Jensen, Stine G ^a   Aagaard, Troels ^a   Baldock, Tom E ^b   Kroon, Aart ^a   Hughes, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Marine and Coastal Environment Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beach slope; Berm development; Foreshore processes; Morphodynamics; Swash overtopping

Indexed keywords

BEACH FACE; BERM DEVELOPMENT; DENMARK; EFFECT OF WATER; FAST TRANSFORMATION; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FORESHORE PROCESSES; INFILTRATION RATE; MORPHODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; RIP CHANNELS; RIP CURRENTS; SLOPING BEACHES; SWASH OVERTOPPING; THREE STAGES; TIDAL CYCLE; TRANSLATION RATES;

INFILTRATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

BEACHES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BERM; MORPHODYNAMICS; OVERTOPPING; SANDBAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER LEVEL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349173800     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1845     Document Type: Article

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