Extreme erosion on high-energy embayed beaches: Influence of megarips and storm grouping

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-171

  Loureiro, Carlos ^a   Ferreira, Óscar ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach morphology; Embayed beaches; Megarips; Portugal; Storm groups; Wave modelling

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE; GEOMETRY; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84855990163     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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