Conceptual model of the effects of sea level rise on sandy coasts

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1166-1172

  Davidson Arnott, Robin G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bruun rule; Integrated coastal zone management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

EID: 27744555633     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0051.1     Document Type: Article

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