Armoring on eroding coasts leads to beach narrowing and loss on Oahu, Hawaii

Coastal Research Library

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-164

  Romine, Bradley M ^a   Fletcher, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Beach width; Shoreline change rate; Shoreline position; Weighted little square

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060706062     PISSN: 22110577     EISSN: 22110585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4123-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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