Geologic control in the nearshore: Shore-oblique sandbars and shoreline erosional hotspots, Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 121-141

  McNinch, Jesse E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

beach erosion; coastal processes; framework geology; hotspots; nearshore morphodynamics; North Carolina; shore oblique sandbars; Virginia

Indexed keywords

MORPHODYNAMICS; SANDBARS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

GEOLOGY;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; EROSION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SANDBAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 4544319704     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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