Calculating shoreline erosion potential using nearshore stratigraphy and sediment volume: Outer Banks, North Carolina

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Miselis, Jennifer L ^a   McNinch, Jesse E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SANDBAR; SHORELINE CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTER BANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750515141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000389     Document Type: Article

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