Houston-galveston navigation channel: Blueprint for the beneficial uses of dredge material

Coastal Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 337-352

  Wagner, Robert J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial uses of dredge material; Coastal resource management; Galveston bay; Houston galveston navigation channel; Intertidal marsh; Wetlands creation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DREDGE SPOIL; HABITAT RESTORATION; NAVIGATION CHANNEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WETLAND;

GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033735856     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750050133593     Document Type: Article

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