Long-term evolution of nourished beaches under high angle wave conditions

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-112

  van den Berg, Niels ^a   Falqués, Albert ^a   Ribas, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alongshore sediment transport; Beach morphology; Beach nourishment; Coastline instability; High angle waves; Shoreline sand waves

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTLINE INSTABILITY; HIGH ANGLE WAVES; SHORELINE SAND WAVES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PROTECTION;

STABILITY;

AMPLITUDE; BATHYMETRY; BEACH; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP WATER; DIFFUSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; SAND WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPERTY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 79959281272     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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