Numerical calculation on shoreline conservation in Majuro atoll, the Marshall Islands

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sato, Daisaku ^a   Yokoki, Hiromune ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Island conservation; Majuro atoll; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; DEVELOPED MODEL; MAJURO ATOLL; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SEVERE EROSION; SHORELINE CONSERVATION;

EROSION; SHORE PROTECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84864480647     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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