Changing orientation of ocean-facing bluffs on a transgressive Coast, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Coastal Sediments '07 - Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Giese, Graham S ^a   Adams, Mark B ^b  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; EROSION; GLACIERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTICAL RADAR; SEDIMENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

BLUFFS ERODE; CROSS-SHORE TRANSECTS; ESCARPMENT LANDFORMS; GLACIAL DEPOSITS; OCEAN-FACING BLUFFS; TRANSGRESSIVE COAST;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 34548577557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40926(239)88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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