Forms and Distributions of Hurricane Ike Backflow and Scour Features: Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

Forms and Distributions of Hurricane Ike Backflow and Scour Features: Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

The storm surge from Hurricane Ike inundated Bolivar Peninsula as well as pooled up (~4 meters above sea level) in the Galveston Bay System behind Bolivar. After the hurricane passed, this water flowed back over the peninsula for about 19 hours, causing a great deal of coastal destruction. Analysis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Potts, Michael Killgore
Other Authors: Sherman, Douglas J.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
Subjects:
hurricane
ike
bolivar
peninsula
coastal
barrier
geomorphology
lidar
aerial
photographs
scour
backflow
return flow
sedimentology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7985

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