Net sediment transport and morphological change in the swash zone of a high-energy sandy beach from swash event to tidal cycle time scales

Marine Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-35

  Masselink, Gerd ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Turner, Ian ^b   Blenkinsopp, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic sensors; beach morphology; beachface; nearshore sediment transport; swash zone; total load traps

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SENSORS; BEACHFACE; NEARSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SWASH ZONE; TOTAL LOAD TRAPS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTICS; BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; FLUID DYNAMICS; MINES; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSORS; SHORE PROTECTION; TIDAL POWER; TRANSDUCERS;

EROSION;

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; BACKSCATTER; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHORELINE CHANGE; SKEWNESS; SOIL EROSION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIMESCALE; WAVE RUNUP;

AQUITAINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; TRUC VERT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449095878     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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