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Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (2019). Nearshore Geomorphological Mapping. In: Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_223

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