Short-term microscale topographic changes of coastal bedrock on shore platforms

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1663-1673

  Stephenson, Wayne J ^a   Taylor, Anna J ^b   Hemmingsen, Maree A ^b   Tsujimoto, Hidekazu ^c   Kirk, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apollo Bay; Kaikoura Peninsula; Shore platform; Subaerial weathering; Surface lowering; Surface rise; Traversing micro erosion meter

Indexed keywords

DRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; ROCKS; SHORE PROTECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WEATHERING; WETTING;

MICRO-EROSION METERS; SHORE PLATFORMS; SHORT-TERM MICROSCALE TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES; SUPRA-TIDAL SHORE PLATFORMS;

COASTAL ZONES;

BEDROCK; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; SHORE PLATFORM; WEATHERING; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAIKOURA PENINSULA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 11244337878     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1120     Document Type: Article

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