Monsoonally influenced circulation around coral reef islands and seasonal dynamics of reef island shorelines

Marine Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 91-108

  Kench, P S ^a   Parnell, K E ^b   Brander, R W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral reefs; currents; hydrodynamics; morphodynamics; reef islands; waves

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; ALONGSHORE FLOW; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEFS; DEGREE OF CHANGE; DRAINAGE POINTS; INCIDENT WAVE ENERGY; LOW ENERGIES; MALDIVES; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MONSOON CONDITIONS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE CURRENTS; NEARSHORE PROCESS; NEARSHORES; NORTHEAST MONSOON; PEAK CURRENTS; PLATFORM SHAPE; REEF SURFACES; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYNCHRONOUS MEASUREMENTS; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW; WAVE APPROACH; WAVE PATTERNS; WAVE SETUP;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINES; TIDAL POWER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

REEFS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDAL RANGE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 71749095329     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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