Chalk shore platform erosion in the vicinity of sea defence structures and the impact of construction methods

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 801-810

  Dornbusch, Uwe ^a   Robinson, David A ^a   Williams, Rendel B G ^a   Moses, Cherith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk; Concrete groyne; Gravel beaches; Hard engineering; Platform erosion; Sea defences

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SHORE PROTECTION;

ENGINEERED COASTLINE; PLATFORM EROSION; SEA DEFENCE STRUCTURES; SOFTCOPY PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SHORE PROTECTION;

BEDLOAD; COASTAL PROTECTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; ELEVATION; EROSION CONTROL; GROIN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SEA WALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STANDING WAVE;

BRIGHTON; BRIGHTON AND HOVE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348979697     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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