Natural variability of shoreline position: Observations at three pocket beaches

Marine Geology

Volumn 338, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-89

  Turki, I ^a   Medina, R ^a,b   Gonzalez, M ^a,b   Coco, G ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal functions; Pocket beaches; Shoreline rotation; Shoreline variability

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SHORE TRANSLATIONS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ENERGY-FLUX DIRECTIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SHORELINE POSITION; SHORELINE VARIABILITY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEACHES;

BEACH PROFILE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHORELINE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SPAIN;

EID: 84877642570     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.10.007     Document Type: Review

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