Tidal Inlet Response to Natural Sedimentation Processes and Dredging-Induced Tidal Prism Changes: Mason Inlet, North Carolina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1018-1025

  Cleary, William J ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backbarrier sedimentation; Beach nourishment; Ebb tidal delta growth; Inlet relocation; Shoreline change

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; DREDGING; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE RESPONSE; TIDAL WATER;

BEACH NOURISHMENT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DREDGING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIDAL INLET;

MASON INLET; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344585355     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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