Influence of inner-continental shelf geologic framework on the evolution and behavior of the barrier-island system between Fire Island Inlet and Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island, New York

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 408-422

  Schwab, William C ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^a   Allen, James R ^a   Foster, David S ^a   Swift, B Ann ^a   Denny, Jane F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Erosion; Geology; Inner shelf; Mapping; Sediment; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034039374     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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