Coupled wave energy and erosion dynamics along a salt marsh boundary, hog island bay, Virginia, USA

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1041-1065

  Priestas, Anthony M ^a,b   Mariotti, Giulio ^a,c   Leonardi, Nicoletta ^a   Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Salt marsh erosion; Wave modeling; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995336760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jmse3031041     Document Type: Article

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