Application of coastal engineering principles in response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster: Lessons learned in coastal Alabama

Coastal Engineering Practice - Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Coastal Engineering Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 359-372

  Webb, Bret M ^a   Douglass, Scott L ^a   Dixon, Caren R ^b   Buhring, Beau ^b  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b South Coast Engineers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Coastal engineering; Disasters; Oil spills

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; COASTAL DEFENSE; COASTAL HAZARDS; COASTAL RESOURCES; DEEPWATER; DISPERSANTS; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; TIDAL INLET;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEEPWATER DRILLING; DISASTERS; ENGINEERING; MARINE POLLUTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL SPILLS; WETLANDS;

OIL BOOMS;

EID: 83655172635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41190(422)30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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