Overwash threshold for gravel barriers

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-61

  Matias, Ana ^a   Williams, Jon J ^b   Masselink, Gerhard ^b   Ferreira, Óscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BARDEX; Coastal hazards; Overtopping; Overwash; Runup; Threshold

Indexed keywords

BARDEX; COASTAL HAZARDS; OVERTOPPING; OVERWASH; RUNUP; THRESHOLD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DYNAMICS; HAZARDS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GRAVEL;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; OVERTOPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 84862786936     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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