Temporal changes of backshore topography and sand grain size under wind and wave actions

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2906-2918

  Udo, Keiko ^a   Yamawaki, Shuji ^b   Ito, Yoshimasa ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

^c ECOH Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COARSENING; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SAND;

BEACH PROCESS; DISSIPATIVE BEACHES; SAND GRAIN SIZE; SAND TRANSPORT RATE; SEAWARD SLOPES; SPATIAL TOPOGRAPHIES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WIND CONDITIONS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873029985     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709554_0245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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