Controls on sediment dynamics and medium-term morphological change in a barred microtidal beach (Cala Millor, Mallorca, Western Mediterranean)

Geomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Gómez Pujol, Lluís ^a,b   Orfila, Alejandro ^a   Álvarez Ellacuría, Amaya ^a,b   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b SOCIB   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Beach morphology; Carbonate beach sediments; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVE ACTION; WAVE FORCE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CALA MILLOR; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 79960211928     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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