Rotation and oscillation of an embayed beach

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 865-875

  Harley, Mitchell D ^a   Turner, Ian L ^a   Short, Andrew D ^b   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BEACH RESPONSE; INVERSE CORRELATION; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE MEASUREMENT;

BEACHES;

EID: 84873865903     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814277426_0073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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