Ecomorphodynamic feedbacks and barrier island response to disturbance: Insights from the Virginia Barrier Islands, Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-128

  Wolner, Catherine W V ^a   Moore, Laura J ^b   Young, Donald R ^c   Brantley, Steven T ^d   Bissett, Spencer N ^c   McBride, Randolph A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Climate change impacts; Coastal dunes; Ecomorphodynamics; Overwash; Virginia Coast Reserve

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BARRIER ISLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HOG ISLAND; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AMMOPHILA BREVILIGULATA; POACEAE; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84883445076     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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