Predictions of barrier island berm evolution in a time-varying storm climatology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-316

  Plant, Nathaniel G ^a   Flocks, James ^a   Stockdon, Hilary F ^a   Long, Joseph W ^a   Guy, Kristy ^a   Thompson, David M ^a   Cormier, Jamie M ^a,b   Smith, Christopher G ^a   Miselis, Jennifer L ^a   Dalyander, P Soupy ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DigitalGlobe GeoEye Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; morphology; overwash

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH; BERM; CLIMATOLOGY; DUNE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SANDBAR; STORM;

CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896499785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002871     Document Type: Article

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