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Review of Wave Transformation and Cross-Shore Sediment Transport Processes in Surf Zones

Nobuhisa Kobayashi

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An attempt is made to assemble and synthesize recent publications which may contribute to the improvement of our quantitative capabilities for predicting shoreline changes due to the cross-shore sediment transport in the surf and swash zones on beaches. This review is essentially limited to the cross-shore hydrodynamics of incident wind waves and surf beat motions as well as the cross-shore sediment transport and resulting beach profile evolution.

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Key concepts: Swash, Shore, Sediment transport, Geology, Surf zone, Sediment, Oceanography, Geomorphology