Sediment spatial patterns in a Hurricane Katrina overwash fan on Dauphin Island, Alabama, U.S.A

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1063-1070

  Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Williams, Amy M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Geostatistics; Hurricane Katrina; Mantel test; Ordinary kriging; Overwash fan; Sediment transport; Variogram

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; CORRELATION; DEPOSITION; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KRIGING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SKEWNESS; SORTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VARIOGRAM;

ALABAMA; DAUPHIN ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549110140     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0862.1     Document Type: Article

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