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Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina.

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Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina. / Gunawardena, Yohama; Ilic, Suzana; Pinkerton, Harry et al.
Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005: State of the Practice. ed. / Agustin Sanchez-Arcilla. Barcelona: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. p. 1-14.

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Gunawardena, Y, Ilic, S, Pinkerton, H & Romanowicz, R 2006, Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina. in A Sanchez-Arcilla (ed.), Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005: State of the Practice. American Society of Civil Engineers, Barcelona, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1061/40855(214)43

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Gunawardena, Y., Ilic, S., Pinkerton, H., & Romanowicz, R. (2006). Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina. In A. Sanchez-Arcilla (Ed.), Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005: State of the Practice (pp. 1-14). American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/40855(214)43

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Gunawardena Y, Ilic S, Pinkerton H, Romanowicz R. Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina. In Sanchez-Arcilla A, editor, Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005: State of the Practice. Barcelona: American Society of Civil Engineers. 2006. p. 1-14 doi: 10.1061/40855(214)43

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Gunawardena, Yohama ; Ilic, Suzana ; Pinkerton, Harry et al. / Data-based approaches to analysing and modelling beach morphological changes at Duck, North Carolina. Proceedings Coastal Dynamics 2005: State of the Practice. editor / Agustin Sanchez-Arcilla. Barcelona : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. pp. 1-14

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