Large-scale experiments on beach profile evolution and surf and swash zone sediment transport induced by long waves, wave groups and random waves

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-227

  Baldock, T E ^a   Alsina, J A ^b   Caceres, I ^b   Vicinanza, D ^c   Contestabile, P ^c   Power, H ^a   Sanchez Arcilla, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamics; Long waves; Sediment transport; Surf beat; Surf zone; Swash zone; Wave groups

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; LONG WAVES; SURF BEAT; SURF ZONES; SWASH ZONE; WAVE GROUPS;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; MONOCHROMATORS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER WAVES;

EXPERIMENTS;

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURF ZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 78650303688     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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