Water level and currents of tidal and infragravity periods at Tague Reef, St. Croix (USVI)

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-349

  Lugo Fernandez A ^a   Roberts, H H ^b   Wiseman Jr , W J ^b   Carter, B L ^b  

^a MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Infragravity waves; Surface slopes; Tides; Wave set up

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CURRENT; GRAVITY WAVE; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER LEVEL;

SAINT CROIX;

EID: 0032423356     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050137     Document Type: Article

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