The role of fringing coral reefs on beach morphodynamics

Geomorphology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ruiz de Alegria Arzaburu, Amaia ^a   Mariño Tapia, Ismael ^b   Enriquez, Cecilia ^c   Silva, Rodolfo ^d   González Leija, Mariana ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e Axis Ingenieria SA de CV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamics; Empirical orthogonal functions (EOF); Fringing coral reefs; Roughness; Wave dissipation; Wave modelling (SWAN)

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CORAL REEF; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; FRINGING REEF; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE MODELING;

CANCUN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUERTO MORELOS; QUINTANA ROO; YUCATAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84882809914     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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