Role of geological inheritance in Australian beach morphodynamics

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Short, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia beaches; Beach morphodynamics; Beaches; Bedrock; Geology

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA BEACHES; BARRIER SYSTEMS; BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; CALCARENITE; LOWER ENERGIES; MORPHODYNAMICS; SAND TRANSPORT; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE REFRACTION;

GEOLOGY; REEFS; REFRACTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEDROCK; MORPHODYNAMICS; SHORELINE CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72749113930     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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