Sediment-level oscillations in the swash zone of a mixed sand and gravel beach

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2005-January, Issue , 2005, Pages 2390-2402

  Horn, Diane P ^a   Walton, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; GRAVEL; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SAND; TIDES;

CO-LOCATED; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MACROTIDAL; MEASUREMENTS OF; SAND AND GRAVELS; SAND FRACTION; SWASH ZONE; TIDAL RANGES;

BEACHES;

EID: 84950319322     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701916-0192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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