Observed changes in hurricane-driven waves explain the dynamics of modern cuspate shorelines

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 5867-5871

  Moore, Laura J ^a   McNamara, Dylan E ^b   Murray, A Brad ^c   Brenner, Owen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal processes; erosion; shoreline change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROCESS; COASTLINE CHANGES; EAST COAST; SEDIMENT FLUX; SHORELINE CHANGE; SHORELINE POSITION; WAVE CLIMATES;

EROSION; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES;

LANDFORMS;

ACCRETION; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE EVENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887785949     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057311     Document Type: Article

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