Fetch limited barrier islands of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Lewis, David A ^a   Cooper, J A G ^b   Pilkey, Orrin H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27744590785     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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