Tidal Inlets and Lagoons along Siliciclastic Barrier Coasts

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 149-165

  FitzGerald, D M ^a   Miner, M D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Ocean Energy Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier; Ebb tidal delta; Ebb tidal delta breaching; Expanding lagoons; Flood tidal delta; Lagoon; Sea level rise; Shrinking lagoons; Stable inlet processes; Swash bar migration; Swash bars; Tidal inlet; Tidal inlet fill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901061236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00278-5     Document Type: Chapter

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