A review of sediment budget imbalances along fire Island, New York: Can nearshore geologic framework and patterns of shoreline change explain the deficit?

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-522

  Hapke, Cheryl J ^a   Lentz, Erika E ^b   Gayes, Paul T ^c   McCoy, Clayton A ^c   Hehre, Rachel ^b   Schwab, William C ^a   Williams, S Jeffress ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross shore transport; Fire Island; Geologic framework; Long Island; Nearshore bathymetry; Sediment budget; Shoreline change

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEACH PROFILE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FIRE ISLAND; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952625698     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1140.1     Document Type: Review

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