Sediment transport along the southwestern louisiana shoreline: Impact from hurricane rita, 2005

Coastal Sediments '07 - Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guidroz, Walter S ^a   Stone, Gregory W ^b   Dartez, Dane ^b  

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; INLAND WATERWAYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS; VEGETATION;

COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION; EXCESSIVE STORM; EYEWALL IMPACT; INTERIOR MARSHES; MASSIVE WATER LEVELS; SHORELINE; STORM-INDUCED OVERWASH DEPOSITS;

HURRICANE EFFECTS;

EID: 34548560253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40926(239)70     Document Type: Conference Paper

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