What Role do Hurricanes Play in Sediment Delivery to Subsiding River Deltas?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Smith, James E ^a   Bentley, Samuel J ^a   Snedden, Gregg A ^b   White, Crawford ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE; MARSH; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948752820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17582     Document Type: Article

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