A sand budget for the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell, California

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 50-61

  Patsch, Kiki ^a   Griggs, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

beach compartments; dredging; littoral budgets; littoral cells; Santa Barbara

Indexed keywords

BEACH COMPARTMENTS; LITTORAL BUDGETS; SAND SINKS; SAND SOURCES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; DREDGING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SAND;

BEACH; DREDGING; DUNE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SAND; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SUBMARINE CANYON;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649179846     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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