Reef flat wave processes and excavation pits: Observations and implications for Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-554

  Ford, Murray R ^a   Becker, Janet M ^b   Merrifield, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic activities; fringing reef; infragravity waves; mining; Wave transformation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CORAL REEF; DISSIPATION; FRINGING REEF; GEOMETRY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHORELINE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

MAJURO ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS;

EID: 84877671801     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00097.1     Document Type: Article

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