Large-scale responses of complex-shaped coastlines to local shoreline stabilization and climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Slott, Jordan M ^a   Murray, A Brad ^a   Ashton, Andrew D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH NOURISHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 77957570731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001486     Document Type: Article

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