Temporal and spatial variations of chalk cliff retreat in East Sussex, 1873 to 2001

Marine Geology

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 271-282

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beach; chalk cliffs; cliff retreat; climate change; erosion; shore platform

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONES; LITHOLOGY;

CLIFF RETREAT RATE; SHORE PLATFORM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEACH EROSION; CHALK; CLIFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROST; LITHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SHORE PLATFORM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATE;

EAST SUSSEX; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40649109474     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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