Classification of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Coast and estimation of carbon and sediment inputs from coastal erosion

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 69-80

  Jorgenson, M T ^a   Brown, Jerry ^b  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b International Permafrost Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

COASTAL ZONES;

CARBON FLUX; COASTAL EROSION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SHORELINE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31444442962     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-004-0188-8     Document Type: Article

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