On the impact of an offshore bathymetric anomaly on surf zone rip channels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Castelle, B ^a   Marieu, V ^a   Coco, G ^b   Bonneton, P ^a   Bruneau, N ^c   Ruessink, B G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 84859464570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002141     Document Type: Article

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