Posthurricane airflow and sediment transport over a recovering dune

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 944-953

  Houser, Chris ^a   Hobbs, Chasidy ^a   Saari, Brooke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian transport; Barrier island; Dune recovery; Overwash

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BARRIER ISLAND; BERM; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAVEL; HURRICANE; HURRICANE IVAN 2004; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION TYPE; WASHOVER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549089353     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0767.1     Document Type: Article

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