Characteristics of the shoreline change along florida sandy beaches with an example for Palm Beach County

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6 A, 2011, Pages 16-26

  Absalonsen, Luciano ^a   Dean, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas; Florida; Inlet effects; Shoreline variability

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COAST; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; SHORELINE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755159234     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00192.1     Document Type: Article

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