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Accretion and Erosion Waves on Beaches

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  1. Department of Center for Coastal Studies, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Douglas L. Inman

  2. Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Scott A. Jenkins

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  1. Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Fletcher, North Carolina, USA

    Charles W. Finkl

  2. Coastal Education & Research Foundation , Coconut Creek, Florida, USA

    Christopher Makowski

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Inman, D.L., Jenkins, S.A. (2018). Accretion and Erosion Waves on Beaches. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science . Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_1-2

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