Grain size variability on a rip-channeled beach

Marine Geology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 43-53

  Gallagher, Edith L ^a   MacMahan, Jamie ^b   Reniers, A J H M ^c   Brown, Jenna ^b   Thornton, Edward B ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaches; Digital imaging; Grain size; Nearshore

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE VARIABILITY; GRAIN SIZE VARIATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MAPS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; MODEL RESULTS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; NEARSHORES; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNDERWATER HOUSING;

BEACHES; ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CORRELATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; GRAIN SIZE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; RIP CURRENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961202360     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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