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  1. Subdirección General de Actuaciones en la Costa, Dirección General de Costas, Secretaría de Estado de Aguas y Costas, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain

    Luis J. Moreno

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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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Moreno, L.J. (2018). Headland-Bay Beach. 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_165-2

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