The relative influence of humans on barrier islands: Humans versus geomorphology

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2005, Pages 137-147

  Stutz, Matthew L ^a,b   Pilkey, Orrin H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DORDT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Coastal engineering; Coastal hazards; Coastal morphology; Human impacts; Shoreline stabilization

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BARRIER ISLANDS; COASTAL HAZARDS; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN IMPACT; SHORELINE STABILIZATION;

STABILIZATION;

EID: 57849136690     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2005.4016(12)     Document Type: Article

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