Erosion of a depositional coast in NE Rhodos island (SE Greece) and assessment of the best available measures for coast protection

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 64, 2011, Pages 1316-1319

  Anagnostou, C ^a   Antoniou, P F ^a   Hatiris, G A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Coastline change; Sediment starvation

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; SHORELINE CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAVE CLIMATE; WIND FIELD;

GREECE; RHODES [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 84857385808     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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