Assessing decadal-scale changes to a giant sand wave field in eastern Long Island Sound

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Fenster, Michael S ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^b   Moore, Matthew S ^a  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunes; GIS; Migration; Morphology; Sand waves; Subtidal environment; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

DUNES; MIGRATION; SAND WAVES; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CURRENTS;

BATHYMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEDFORM; DECADAL VARIATION;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32244441783     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21700.1     Document Type: Article

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