Regional coastal morphodynamics along the United States Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-604

  Davis Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Long shore sediment transport; Progradation; Sea level rise; Sediment compaction; Transgression

Indexed keywords

COASTS; DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; COASTAL DYNAMICS; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; SHORELINE EVOLUTION;

USA, GULF COAST;

EID: 1842365541     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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