Hurricane impacts on coastal wetlands: A half-century record of storm-generated features from Southern Louisiana

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6 A, 2011, Pages 27-43

  Morton, Robert A ^a   Barras, John A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact duration; Landscape evolution; Storm surge; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; DENUDATION; FLOOD; HURRICANE; IMPACT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SALINIZATION; SHORELINE; STORM SURGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755159238     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00185.1     Document Type: Article

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