The evolution of large scale crescentic bars on the northern Gulf of Mexico coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 285, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Arifin, Rumana Reaz ^a   Kennedy, Andrew B ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetric lidar; Crescentic bars; Hurricanes; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC LIDAR; CRESCENTIC BARS; DATA SETS; DEEP WATER; EXTREME CONDITIONS; GENERATION TIME; HURRICANE KATRINA; HURRICANE LANDFALL; LIDAR SURVEYS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SATELLITE IMAGES; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE CONDITIONS;

BATHYMETRY; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS;

HURRICANES;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BARCHAN; BATHYMETRY; COAST; DATA SET; DEEP WATER; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LIDAR; LINEARITY; MAGNITUDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 79959748025     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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