Rates and patterns of downwearing of chalk shore platforms of the Channel: Comparisons between France and England

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 144, Issue , 2006, Pages 93-115

  Foote, Yolanda ^a   Plessis, Emmanuelle ^b   Robinson, David A ^c   Hénaff, Alain ^d   Costa, Stéphane ^e  

^a Jacobs   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Chalk; Cliffs; Shore platforms; Surface downwearing; Surface erosion

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BEACH PROFILE; CHALK; COASTAL EROSION; EROSION RATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHORE PLATFORM;

ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845709040     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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