Coastal Sediments '87: Proceedings of a Specialty Conference on Advances in Understanding of Coastal Sediment Processes, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 12-14, 1987, Volume 1Nicholas C. Kraus |
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... shoreface . So far as both energy and sediment are concerned , the shoreface is the pathway connecting surfzone and beach subsystems to the mid and outer shelf . The shoreface provides the effective coastal boundary to the larger scale ...
... shoreface . So far as both energy and sediment are concerned , the shoreface is the pathway connecting surfzone and beach subsystems to the mid and outer shelf . The shoreface provides the effective coastal boundary to the larger scale ...
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... shoreface . Wind- and Tide - driven Shoreface Currents Whereas the net circulation within the surfzone is mainly wave driven , the shoreface is dominated by wind - driven currents and reversing tidal currents . Although the strongest ...
... shoreface . Wind- and Tide - driven Shoreface Currents Whereas the net circulation within the surfzone is mainly wave driven , the shoreface is dominated by wind - driven currents and reversing tidal currents . Although the strongest ...
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... shoreface . However , if we are to understand the long - term process of shoreface development , we must have some grasp of what it is that nature is time integrating . Furthermore , the time scales of individual beach erosion events as ...
... shoreface . However , if we are to understand the long - term process of shoreface development , we must have some grasp of what it is that nature is time integrating . Furthermore , the time scales of individual beach erosion events as ...
Contents
CrossShore Transport Mechanisms on the Shore Face | 25 |
Surficial Sediments and Late Quaternary Sedimentary Framework of | 26 |
Transport of Suspended Sediment in Very Rough Channels | 41 |
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