Hydrography and bottom boundary layer dynamics: Influence on inner shelf sediment mobility, Long Bay, North Carolina

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 97-109

  Davis, Luke A ^a   Leonard, Lynn A ^b   Snedden, Gregg A ^c  

^a Kimley Horn and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HYDROGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

LONG BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 43349092034     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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