Wave forecasting and longshore sediment transport gradients along a transgressive barrier island: Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Georgiou, Ioannis Y ^a   Schindler, Jennifer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; LAND AREAS; LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; LOUISIANA; MIGRATION RATES; ROTATION PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE EROSION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FORECASTING; WIND CLIMATE;

EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORE PROTECTION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

LANDFORMS;

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH EROSION; BREAKING WAVE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND WAVE;

CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71249137199     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0165-3     Document Type: Article

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