Summary of beach nourishment activity along the Great Lakes' shoreline 1955-1996

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 206-219

  O'Brien, Michael K ^a   Valverde, Hugo R ^a   Trembanis, Arthur C ^a   Haddad, Tanya C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Funding; Length; Location; Nourishment; Replenishment; Volume

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; LAKE DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032895890     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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