New approaches to sediment management on the inner continental shelf offshore Coastal Louisiana

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-604

  Khalil, Syed M ^a   Finkl, Charles W ^b   Roberts, Harry H ^c   Raynie, Richard C ^a  

^a Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier islands; beach nourishment; Coastal erosion; geoscientific data management; marine sand sources; marsh creation; sediment management

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH; BEACH NOURISHMENT; CENTRALIZATION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA MANAGEMENT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DREDGING; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARSH; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF;

EID: 77954590754     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/10A-00004.1     Document Type: Article

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