Natural maintenance of sand ridges and linear shoals on the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic continental shelves and the potential impacts of dredging

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 138-148

  Hayes, Miles O ^a   Nairn, Robert B ^b  

^a Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^b WF Baird and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Non linear wave orbital velocity; Sand transport; Shoal evolution; Shoal persistence; Wave refraction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OFFSHORE DREDGING; SANDBANK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE REFRACTION; WAVE SIMULATION;

DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SAND RIDGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 1842612561     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)20[138:nmosra]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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