NEAR-BOTTOM SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEAWARD of the SURF ZONE under STORMS: On the ROLE of CURRENTS, WIND and INFRAGRAVITY WAVES in MICROTIDAL ENVIROMENTS

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 2517-2527

  Gracia, Vicente ^a   Moron, D ^a   Jimenez, J ^a   Sanchez Arcilla, A ^a   Guillen J ^b   Palanques, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DROPS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STORMS; VELOCITY; WATER WAVES;

HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-ENERGY EVENTS; INFRA-GRAVITY WAVES; PULSATING STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT RATE; VELOCITY FIELD; WAVE ASYMMETRY; WIND INTENSITY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84950128920     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812791306_0210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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