Quantifying anthropogenically driven morphologic changes on a barrier island: Fire Island National Seashore, New York

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-88

  Kratzmann, Meredith G ^a,b   Hapke, Cheryl J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; barrier island; beach erosion; beach profile; beach scraping; beach volume; Fire Island; Long Island; shore protection; shoreline change; U.S. National Parks

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE; GPS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KINEMATICS; LIDAR; NATIONAL PARK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORM; VOLUME;

FIRE ISLAND; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855984246     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00012.1     Document Type: Article

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