Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-372

  Jones, Benjamin M ^a   Hinkel, Kenneth M ^b   Arp, Christopher D ^a   Eisner, Wendy R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Beaufort sea coastline; Coastal erosion; Shoreline analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; INFRASTRUCTURE; SHORELINE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59749105375     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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