Swash zone sediment fluxes: Field observations

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-44

  Blenkinsopp, C E ^a   Turner, I L ^a   Masselink, G ^b   Russell, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backwash; Beach face bed levels; Sediment transport; Swash; Uprush

Indexed keywords

BACKWASH; BEACH FACE; BEACH FACE BED-LEVELS; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LARGE ARRAYS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SANDY BEACH; SEDIMENT FLUX; SHORE SEDIMENTS; SWASH; SWASH INTERACTIONS; SWASH ZONE; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT DIRECTION; UPRUSH;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACKWATER; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; TIDAL CYCLE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 78349307107     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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