Swell impact on reef sedimentary processes: A case study of the La Reunion fringing reef

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2004-2023

  Cordier, Emmanuel ^a   Poizot, Emmanuel ^b   Méar, Yann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b Universite de Caen Basse Normandie   (France)

Author keywords

Fringing reef; GSTA; La Reunion; Sedimentary dynamics; Swell impact

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SAND; EXCLUSIVE OR OPERATION; EXTREME EVENTS; FAIR WEATHER; GSTA; HIGH ENERGY; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN-GRAIN SIZE; NORMAL WAVES; ONSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RETURN FLOW; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SEA STATE; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT EROSION; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SWELL IMPACT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VECTOR TRANSPORT;

DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

REEFS;

CARBONATE; EROSION; FRINGING REEF; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SKEWNESS; SORTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWELL;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84870252956     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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