Wind abrasion (ventifaction) on Donegal and Oregon coasts and implications for the sediment dynamics of coastal systems

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 441-449

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal forcing; sea level change; sediment systems; ventifacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141990299     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036-36.sp1.441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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