The effects of storms and storm-generated currents on sand beaches in Southern Maine, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 149-168

  Hill, Heather W ^a   Kelley, Joseph T ^b   Belknap, Daniel F ^b   Dickson, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

beach erosion; beach profiles; New England; shoreface; waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOODING; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BEACHES; EROSION; FLOODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RETAINING WALLS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

GEOLOGY;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344570756     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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