Temporal patterns and processes of retreat of drumlin coastal cliffs - Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

Geomorphology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 153-169

  Greenwood, Richard O ^a   Orford, Julian D ^b  

^a STRANMILLIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Drumlin cliffs; Environmental thresholds; Episodic erosional events; Erodibility

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; DESICCATION; DRUMLIN; FROST HEAVE; GLACIER RETREAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; STRANGFORD LOUGH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249053367     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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