Measuring erosion rates using the micro-erosion meter: 20 years of data from shore platforms, Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 209-218

  Stephenson, Wayne J ^a   Kirk, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; MICRO-EROSION METER; MICROEROSION; SHORE PLATFORM; SHORE PLATFORMS; SURFACE LOWERING RATE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, KAIKOURA PENINSULA;

EID: 0029731158     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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