Geological and oceanographic perspectives on event bed formation during Hurricane Katrina

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Keen, T R ^a   Furukawa, Y ^a   Bentley, S J ^c   Slingerland, R L ^b   Teague, W J ^a   Dykes, J D ^a   Rowley, C D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

SHORELINE TRANSGRESSION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; SHELF SEDIMENT; SHORELINE; STORM DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF;

EID: 34548658908     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027981     Document Type: Article

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