A summary of historical shoreline changes on Beaches of Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 605-614

  Romine, Bradley M ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; DSAS; National Assessment of Shoreline Change; Pacific islands; shoreline recession

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEACH; COASTAL EROSION; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; SHORELINE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; MAUI; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877645148     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00202.1     Document Type: Article

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