Regional shoreline change and coastal erosion hazards in Arctic Alaska

Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2011 - Proceedings of the 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 258-272

  Gibbs, Ann E ^a   Harden, E Lynne ^b   Richmond, Bruce M ^a   Erikson, Li H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Beach erosion; Coastal environment; Shoreline changes

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; BEACH EROSION; BEAUFORT SEA; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATES; RATE OF CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHORELINE POSITION;

BEACHES; DISASTERS;

EROSION;

EID: 80053164029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41185(417)24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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