Hydrodynamic and geologic influence of event-dependent depth of closure along the South Florida Atlantic Coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 156-165

  Robertson V, William ^a   Zhang, Keqi ^b   Finkl, Charles W ^a   Whitman, Dean ^b  

^a Coastal Planning and Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne laser bathymetry; DOC; GIS; hurricanes; LIDAR

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER (ABL); AIRBORNE LASER DATA; ATLANTIC; BATHYMETRIC DATA; ELSEVIER (CO); FLORIDA; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; HURRICANE SEASON; MEASURED DEPTH (MD); SOUTH FLORIDA; WAVE DATA; WAVE ENERGIES;

BEACHES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVES;

LANDFORMS;

BATHYMETRY; CLOSURE; DIABATIC PROCESS; GIS; HURRICANE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LASER; LIDAR; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ENERGY;

BROWARD COUNTY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; PALM BEACH COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45049088306     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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