The influence of sea level rise and changes in fringing reef morphology on gradients in alongshore sediment transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3096-3101

  Grady, A E ^a   Moore, L J ^b   Storlazzi, C D ^c   Elias, E ^d   Reidenbach, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coastal change; coral reefs; process based modeling; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MODIFICATION; COASTAL CHANGE; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; REEF DEGRADATION; RELATIVE EFFECTS; SHORELINE EROSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHORE PROTECTION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

REEFS;

ACCRETION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CORAL REEF; DISSIPATION; ENERGY FLUX; FRINGING REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE ENERGY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84880551195     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50577     Document Type: Article

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