Shoreline changes on an urban atoll in the central Pacific Ocean: Majuro atoll, Marshall Islands

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-22

  Ford, Murray ^a  

^a University of Hawaii   (Marshall Islands)

Author keywords

anthropogenic impacts; Erosion; Pacific Ocean; reclamation; shoreline change

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATOLL; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAJURO ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855983427     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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