An overview of beach morphodynamic classification along the beaches between Ovari and Kanyakumari, Southern Tamilnadu Coast, India

Physical Oceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-141

  Saravanan, S ^a   Chandrasekar, N ^a   Mujabar, P Sheik ^a   Hentry, C ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

beach; India; morphodynamic; waves; Wright Short equations

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLASSIFICATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 80855141845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09285105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11110-011-9110-x     Document Type: Article

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