Wave climate and nearshore processes on the mediterranean coast of Egypt

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Frihy, Omran E ^a   Deabes, Essam A ^a   El Gindy, Ahmed A ^b  

^a Coastal Research Institute ^*  (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal processes; Littoral cells; Mediterranean Sea; Nile Delta; Sediment transport; Sinai shore; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE DELTA; SINAI;

EID: 76449122161     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1020.1     Document Type: Article

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