Longshore transport at Cape Lookout, North Carolina: Shoal evolution and the regional sediment budget

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Park, Jun Yong ^a,b   Wells, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Cuspate foreland; Littoral processes; Wave direction

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE DIRECTION;

CAPE LOOKOUT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844281325     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/02051.1     Document Type: Article

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