Characterising the irregular coastlines of volcanic ocean islands

Geomorphology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastlines; Erosion features; Landslides; Ocean island basalts; Volcanic features

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE; ISLAND IRREGULARITY; LANDSLIDE; VOLCANIC OCEAN ISLAND;

EID: 0031845607     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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