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Beach cusps are one of the most commonly observed rhythmic features in the nearshore. Their formation has been related amongst other processes to the presence of standing waves or self-organization processes. This chapter provides a short introduction to the modelling of beach cusp formation and the main feed-back mechanisms between flow, sediment transport processes and morphodynamics.
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Coco, G. (2017). Beach Cusps. In: Guillén, J., Acosta, J., Chiocci, F., Palanques, A. (eds) Atlas of Bedforms in the Western Mediterranean. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33940-5_10
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