Bluff recession rates and wave impact along the Wisconsin coast of Lake Superior

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 512-530

  Swenson, Mike J ^a   Wu, Chin H ^a   Edil, Tuncer B ^a   Mickelson, Dave M ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluff; Coastline; Cumulative wave impact height; Lake Superior; Recession rates; Shoreline; Spatial variability; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LITHOLOGY;

COASTLINE; CUMULATIVE WAVE IMPACT HEIGHT; RECESSION RATES; SHORELINES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WAVE RUNUP;

LAKES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; LITHOLOGY; WAVE RUNUP;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN RIVER;

EID: 33750283742     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[512:BRRAWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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