Morphodynamic characteristics and classification of beaches in England and Wales

Marine Geology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Scott, Tim ^a   Masselink, Gerhard ^a   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach classification; Beach hazard; Beach morphodynamics; Beach morphology; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Macrotidal; Multi dimensional scaling; Rip currents; Risk assessment; Wave power

Indexed keywords

BEACH CLASSIFICATION; BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MACROTIDAL; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; RIP CURRENTS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIDAL POWER; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

BEACHES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ENERGY FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RIP CURRENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 80051561979     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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