Shoreline instability due to very oblique wave incidence: Some remarks on the physics

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-295

  Falqués, Albert ^a   Calvete, Daniel ^a   Ribas, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Littoral drift; Wave shoaling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INSTABILITY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SURF ZONE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 84855190193     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00095.1     Document Type: Article

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