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Coastal dunes at risk of erosion from rising sea levels.

Coastal Engineering Proceedings
OBSERVATION AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF A DUNE OVERWASH AND BREACHING EVENT
Maria A. Winters, Michael A. Angelis, Timu W. Gallien

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