Longshore sediment transport rates on a microtidal estuarine beach

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Nordstrom, Karl F ^a   Jackson, Nancy L ^b   Allen, James R ^c   Sherman, Douglas J ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Littoral drift; New York; Sediment transport; Tracers

Indexed keywords

DYEING; ESTUARIES; SAMPLING; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPEED; WIND;

ENERGETIC SWASH ZONE; LONGSHORE;

BEACHES;

BEACH; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

BEACH; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037249374     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:1(1)     Document Type: Article

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