Coral boulders, gravel tongues and sand sheets: Features of coastal accretion and sediment nourishment by Cyclone Tomas (March 2010) on Taveuni Island, Fiji

Geomorphology

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-65

  Etienne, Samuel ^a,b,c   Terry, James P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

^c Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boulder; Coastal geomorphology; Pacific Ocean; Sediment accretion; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BOULDER; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEBRIS FLOW; FLOW VELOCITY; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FIJI; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAVEUNI;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84866368965     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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