Coastal dynamics on a soft coastline from serendipitous webcams: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 76-85

  Guastella, Lisa A ^a,c   Smith, Alan M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Bayworld   (South Africa)

^d Alan Smith Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

30 22'17.50 E); 30 52'54.61 E); 31 5'22.99 E); Amanzimtoti (30 3'48.32 S; Beach morphology; Beach rotation; Beach webcams; Intermittently connected lakes or lagoons; KwaZulu natal province; Longshore drift; Margate (30 51'45.85 S; Megarips; South Africa; Umhlanga (29 43'24.45 S

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; NETWORKING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84910005649     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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