Wave climate and morphosedimentary characteristics of the Kenitra-Bouknadel sandy coast, Morocco

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1729-1739

  Hakkou, Mounir ^a   Castelle, Bruno ^b,c   Benmohammadi, Aïcha ^a   Zourarah, Bendahhou ^d  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Beach state; Erosion; Longshore drift; Wave climate; Wave dominated sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; SHORE PROTECTION;

BEACH MORPHOLOGIES; GEOLOGICAL FACTORS; GLOBAL WAVE MODELS; LONGSHORE DRIFT; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; SANDY BEACH; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WAVE CLIMATES;

BEACHES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEACH; COAST; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LONGSHORE CURRENT; LOW PRESSURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHORELINE; SURVEY; TIME SERIES; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MOROCCO;

EID: 80955134171     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0977-0     Document Type: Article

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