Application of the AMBUR R package for spatio-temporal analysis of shoreline change: Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-207

  Jackson Jr , Chester W ^a   Alexander, Clark R ^a,b   Bush, David M ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastline; Erosion; Forecast; GIS; Movement; Program; Rate

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE; FORECAST; MOVEMENT; PROGRAM; RATE;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LINE; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; FORECASTING METHOD; GIS; SHORELINE CHANGE; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857913088     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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