Variations in Inlet Behavior and Shoreface Sand Resources: Factors Controlling Management Decisions, Figure Eight Island, NC, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 148-163

  Cleary, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; ebb tidal delta; inlet migration; inlet relocation; shoreline change

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644438229     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036-36.sp1.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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