Designing offshore breakwaters using empirical relationships: A case study from Norfolk, United Kingdom

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1224-1230

  Thomalla, Frank ^a,b   Vincent, Chris E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beach response; Flood defence; Morphology; Plan shape; Shoreline protection

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATER; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL PROTECTION; DESIGN; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9444247657     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/01046.1     Document Type: Article

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