Impact of tidal energy converter (TEC) arrays on the dynamics of headland sand banks

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 387-397

  Neill, Simon P ^a   Jordan, James R ^a   Couch, Scott J ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alderney Race; Morphodynamics; Sand banks; Sediment dynamics; Tidal model; Tidal stream turbines

Indexed keywords

ALDERNEY RACE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SAND BANKS; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; TIDAL MODEL; TIDAL STREAM TURBINES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORE PROTECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TIDAL POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COASTAL PROTECTION; EDDY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPLOITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAINTENANCE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SANDBANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE;

ALDERNEY; BASSE NORMANDIE; CAP DE LA HAGUE; CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; FRANCE; MANCHE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79961129468     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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