Projections of Future Beach Loss in Japan Due to Sea-Level Rise and Uncertainties in Projected Beach Loss

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Udo, Keiko ^a   Takeda, Yuriko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

beach erosion; Bruun rule; coastal structure; inundation; sand grain size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS;

BEACH EROSION; BRUUN RULE; COASTAL STRUCTURES; INUNDATION; SAND GRAIN SIZE;

BEACHES;

EID: 85019701074     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S057856341740006X     Document Type: Article

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