Monitoring beach renourishment along the sediment-starved shoreline of grand strand, South Carolina

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-349

  Park, Jun Yong ^a   Gayes, Paul T ^b   Wells, John T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Beach nourishment; Beach profiles; Geological framework; RTK GPS; Sand transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH NOURISHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SONAR; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

LONG BAY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549095476     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0929.1     Document Type: Article

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