Comparison of long-, medium- and short-term variations of beach profiles with and without submerged geological control

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-251

  Munoz Perez J J ^a   Medina, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach profile changes; Different term variability; Empirical orthogonal function (EOF); Hard bottom; Reef

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; BATHYMETRIC DATA; BEACH PROFILE; DIFFERENT-TERM VARIABILITY; EIGEN FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF); EROSION RATES; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; HINGE POINT; MONITORING PERIODS; NATURAL FEATURES; PROFILE EVOLUTION; ROCKY FLATS; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; WAVE ENERGY; WINTER SLOPES;

BEACHES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NANOFLUIDICS; REEFS; SAND; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS;

ACCRETION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; BERM; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EIGENVALUE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; OUTCROP; REGRESSION; ROCKY SHORE; SHORELINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBMERGED BODY;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ [CADIZ (PRV)]; SPAIN; VICTORIA BEACH;

EID: 74449091375     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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