Longshore drift cell development on the human-impacted Bight of Benin sand barrier coast, West Africa

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-83

  Laïbi, Raoul A ^a   Anthony, Edward J ^b   Almar, Rafael ^c   Castelle, Bruno ^d   Senechal, Nadia ^d   Kestenare, Elodie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

coastal erosion; deepwater ports; drift alignment; wave dominated coast

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DEEP WATER; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; OCEAN WAVE; SAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; GHANA; GULF OF GUINEA; NIGER RIVER; NIGERIA; VOLTA RIVER;

EID: 84944312545     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI70-014.1     Document Type: Article

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