On a neck, on a spit: controls on the shape of free spits
We investigate the controls upon the shape of freely extending spits using a one-contour-line model of shoreline evolution. In contrast to existing frameworks that suggest that spits are oriented in the direction of alongshore sediment transport and that wave refraction around the spit end is the pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Earth Surface Dynamics |
| Online Access: | http://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/4/193/2016/esurf-4-193-2016.pdf |