Inundation of a barrier island (Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, USA) during a hurricane: Observed water-level gradients and modeled seaward sand transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1498-1515

  Sherwood, Christopher R ^a   Long, Joseph W ^b   Dickhudt, Patrick J ^a   Dalyander, P Soupy ^b   Thompson, David M ^b   Plant, Nathaniel G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b United States Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier island evolution; geomorphic modeling; inundation; morphology; sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE EVENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL;

CHANDELEUR ISLANDS; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905821132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF003069     Document Type: Article

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