Subsurface controls on transgressive tidal inlet retreat pathways, Mississippi River delta plain, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 816-820

  Kulp, M A ^a   Miner, M D ^a   FitzGerald, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebb tidal delta; Inlet migration; Relict tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

PROCYON;

EID: 68949139982     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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