Removing shore protection structures to facilitate migration of landforms and habitats on the bayside of a barrier spit

Geomorphology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-191

  Nordstrom, Karl F ^a   Jackson, Nancy L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier spit; Beach erosion; Coastal habitats; Managed realignment; Protection structures

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

NEW JERSEY; SANDY HOOK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883461710     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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