Using a GIS to examine changes in the bathymetry of borrow pits and in Lower Bay, New York Harbor, USA

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 49-61

  Wilber, Pace ^a   Iocco, Linda E ^a  

^a Ctr Coast Environ Hlth B   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Borrow pits; Dredging; Geographic information systems; GIS; New York Harbor; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GIS; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346144477     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410306702     Document Type: Article

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