Changes in beach water table elevation during neap and spring tides on a sandy estuarine beach, Delaware Bay, New Jersey

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 753-762

  Jackson, Nancy L ^a   Horn, Diane P ^b   Spalding, Valerie ^a   Nordstrom, Karl F ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; TIDE; WATER TABLE;

DELAWARE BAY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032703848     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353108     Document Type: Article

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