Geologic controls on regional and local erosion rates of three northern gulf of Mexico barrier-island systems

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 63, Issue SPL.ISSUE, 2013, Pages 32-45

  Twichell, David C ^a   Flocks, James G ^a   Pendleton, Elizabeth A ^a   Baldwin, Wayne E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandeleur Islands; coastal processes; inner shelf; Morphology; sediment; Ship Island; St George Island

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SHORELINE CHANGE;

APALACHICOLA BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879622839     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI63-004.1     Document Type: Article

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