Factors controlling rates of bluff recession at two sites on Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 306-321

  Brown, Elizabeth A ^a   Wu, Chin H ^a   Mickelson, David M ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluff recession; Lake level; Lake Michigan; Shore erosion; Wave impact height

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WAVES;

BLUFF RECESSIONS; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE MICHIGAN; SHORE EROSIONS; WAVE-IMPACT HEIGHTS;

LAKES;

EROSION; LAKE LEVEL; SHORELINE; WAVE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844527089     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70262-8     Document Type: Article

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