Natural versus anthropogenic mechanisms of erosion along the upper Texas coast

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 460, Issue , 2009, Pages 137-147

  Wallace, Davin J ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; FLOODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; SHORE PROTECTION;

BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECTS; COASTAL CHANGE; DREDGING OPERATIONS; ENGINEERING STRUCTURES; HARD STRUCTURE; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; OFFSHORE SANDS; SHORELINE CHANGE;

SAND;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DELTA; GROIN; LIDAR; SAND; SEA WALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSGRESSION;

GALVESTON ISLAND; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949110480     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2460(10)     Document Type: Article

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