Anthropogenic controls on overwash deposition: Evidence and consequences

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2609-2624

  Rogers, Laura J ^a   Moore, Laura J ^a   Goldstein, Evan B ^a   Hein, Christopher J ^b   Lorenzo Trueba, Jorge ^c   Ashton, Andrew D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier island; climate change impacts; human impacts; lidar; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955392507     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003634     Document Type: Article

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