Variability in sandbank behaviour at decadal and annual time-scales and implications for adjacent beaches

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 731-737

  Dolphin, T J ^a   Vincent, C E ^a   Coughlan, C ^a   Rees, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycles; East Anglia; Episodic; Gradual; Morphology; Refraction; Trends; Wave energy dissipation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956340536     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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