Dramatic beach and nearshore morphological changes due to extreme flooding at a wave-dominated river mouth

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-148

  Barnard, Patrick L ^a   Warrick, Jonathan A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

beach; coastal; delta; flood; nearshore; river

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL; COASTAL DELTAS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; CROSS-SHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; FLOOD MONITORING; LITTORAL CELL; LOW FREQUENCY; MEAN HIGH WATERS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NEARSHORE; NEARSHORES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PROGRADATION; SANTA BARBARA; SANTA CLARA; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHORELINE POSITION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS;

RIVERS;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA CLARA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949656868     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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