Characterisation of the alongshore dynamics of an Estuarine Beach

Thalassas

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Oliveira, Filipa S B F ^a   Vargas, Catarina I C ^a   Coli, Alexandre B ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuarine beach; Fetch limited beach; LITPACK model; Longshore transport; Low energy beach; Low gradient terrace; SWAN model; Wind regime; Wind wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350361165     PISSN: 02125919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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