Are beach erosion rates and sea-level rise related in Hawaii?

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-157

  Romine, Bradley M ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a   Barbee, Matthew M ^a   Anderson, Tiffany R ^a   Frazer, L Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Coastal; Erosion; Hawaii; Recession; Sea level; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; COASTAL; HAWAII; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; RECESSION; SHORELINE; WEIGHTED REGRESSION;

EROSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL;

BEACHES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION RATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880936898     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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