Mining sand on the continental shelf of the atlantic and gulf coasts of the U.S

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-253

  Finkl, C W ^a   Hobbs, C H ^b  

^a Marine Science and Biological Research Department   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach nourishment; Benthic habitat; Marine mining; Sand exploration; Seismic profiling; Shallow water dredging; Shelf deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008826278     PISSN: 1064119X     EISSN: 15210618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641190902906067     Document Type: Article

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