Short-term beach rotation, wave climate and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-352

  Thomas, T ^a   Phillips, M R ^b   Williams, A T ^b   Jenkins, R E ^b  

^a Llanelli Wellness and Life Science Village   (United Kingdom)

^b Swansea Metropolitan University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conceptual models; embayment; morphological change; offshore island; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; EROSIVITY; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE DIRECTION;

PEMBROKESHIRE; TENBY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79958207245     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310397415     Document Type: Article

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