Sediment distribution patterns offshore of a renourished beach: Atlantic beach and fort Macon, North Carolina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-98

  Reed, Allison J ^a   Wells, John T ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach renourishment; Bogue Banks; Morehead City Harbor Project; Shell staining

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION;

BEACH NOURISHMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034098173     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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