Morphodynamics of fetch-limited beaches in contrasting environments

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Freire, P ^a   Ferreira, O ^b   Taborda, R ^c   Oliveira, F S B F ^a   Carrasco, A R ^b   Silva, A ^c   Vargas, C ^a   Capitao R ^a   Fortes, C J ^a   Coli, A B ^d   Santos, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d CEPEMAR Meio Ambiente Vitória ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach classification; Locally generated waves; Morphological evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960491447     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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