Watershed Controls on the Geomorphology of Small Coastal Lagoons in an Active Tectonic Environment

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-189

  Rich, Andrew ^a   Keller, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Ecogeomorphology; Geomorphology; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PIEDMONT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SLOPE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855220438     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9439-x     Document Type: Article

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