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Beach Profile

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Nicholas C. Kraus: deceased.

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  1. U.S. Army, Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, USA

    Nicholas C. Kraus

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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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Kraus, N.C. (2018). Beach Profile. 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_37-3

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