Modeling barrier island response to sea-level rise in the outer Banks, North Carolina

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moore, Laura J ^a   List, Jeffrey H ^b   Williams, S Jeffress ^b   Stolper, David ^c  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORE PROTECTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BARRIER ISLANDS; THRESHOLD COLLAPSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 34548593881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40926(239)89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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