Parabolic dune reactivation and migration at Napeague, NY, USA: Insights from aerial and GPR imagery

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 530-541

  Girardi, James D ^a   Davis, Dan M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowout; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Internal structures; Parabolic dune

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; DUNE FORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649083155     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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