Observations of coarse sediment movements on the mixed beach of the Elwha Delta, Washington

Marine Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 201-214

  Miller, Ian M ^a   Warrick, Jonathan A ^b   Morgan, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Olympic Park Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alongshore transport; Beach erosion; Mixed grain beach; Mixed sand gravel beach; Strait of Juan de Fuca

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE TRANSPORT; BEACH EROSION; MIXED GRAIN BEACH; MIXED SAND/GRAVEL/BEACH; STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH EROSION; BREAKING WAVE; DELTA; GRAIN SIZE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; WAVE ENERGY;

ELWHA RIVER; JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 79955125965     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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