Physical model investigation of morphology development at headland structures

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3617-3629

  Gravens, Mark B ^a   Wang, Píng ^b   Kraus, Nicholas C ^a   Hanson, Hans ^c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EXPERIMENT SET-UP; EXTERNAL CURRENTS; MODEL ALGORITHMS; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL MODEL EXPERIMENTS; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84873026716     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709554_0304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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