Geologically constrained morphological variability and boundary effects on embayed beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 329-331, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Loureiro, Carlos ^a   Ferreira, Óscar ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal embayment; Empirical orthogonal functions; Geological control; Hard bottom; Hydrodynamic forcing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; HARD-BOTTOM; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEACHES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BOUNDARY LINE; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EIGENVALUE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; INDENTATION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBLIQUITY; OUTCROP; PARAMETERIZATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE ACTION; WAVE POWER;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84870052904     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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