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    Field observations of swash zone infragravity motions and beach cusp evolution

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    2005-02-22
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    Ciriano, Yolanda  Concept link
    Coco, Giovanni  Concept link
    Bryan, K. R.  Concept link
    Elgar, Steve  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/3521
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    https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002485
    DOI
    10.1029/2004JC002485
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     Beach; Swash; Wave 
    Abstract
    Fluid flows consistent with low-mode edge waves were evident in video observations of swash motions during a field experiment in which beach cusps developed on an initially smooth beach. As beach cusps grew, energy lying along low-mode dispersion curves increased. The most energetic edge-wave propagation direction changed from upcoast to downcoast as the orientation of the cusp horns rotated. These observations suggest a coupling between morphodynamics and hydrodynamics, and are evidence that beach cusp evolution might control low-mode edge wave dynamics.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2005. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (2005): C02018, doi:10.1029/2004JC002485.
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    Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (2005): C02018
     

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