Mobile bed experiments focused to study the swash zone evolution

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1736-1740

  Caceres I ^a   Alsina, J M ^a   Sanchez Arcilla A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretive; Erosive; Profile evolution; SANDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650310676     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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