Open AccessVARIATIONS OF WAVE-ENERGY LEVELS AND COASTAL SEDIMENTATION, EASTERN NICARAGUA
Author(s) -
E.H. Owens,
E.H. Roberts
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v16.69
Subject(s) - terrigenous sediment , sedimentation , geology , sediment , oceanography , weathering , geomorphology , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering
High rates of weathering, abundant rainfall, and high discharge rates combine to supply large volumes of sediment to the coastal zone of eastern Nicaragua. This terrigenous sediment is confined to a narrow section of the inner shelf (