Storm response and beach rotation on a gravel beach, Slapton Sands, U.K

Marine Geology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 77-99

  Ruiz de Alegria Arzaburu, Amaia ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argus video system; Beach morphology; Beach rotation; Coastal management; Gravel beach; Longshore sediment transport; Storm response

Indexed keywords

ARGUS VIDEO-SYSTEM; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; DRIFT RATES; ENERGY FLUXES; GRAVEL BEACH; GRAVEL BEACHES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING; INTERTIDAL ZONES; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROPORTIONALITY FACTORS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; STORM WAVES; SWELL WAVES; TIME-SCALES; VIDEO DATA; WATER-LEVEL DATA; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE ENERGY FLUX; WAVE MODELLING; WIND WAVE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; GRAVEL; MORPHOLOGY; ROTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; VIDEO RECORDING; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ENERGY FLUX; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIMESCALE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

DEVON; ENGLAND; SLAPTON SANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649635658     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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