Contrasting geomorphic response to structural control: The Loughros estuaries, northwest Ireland

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 300-320

  Burningham, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation space; Channel migration; Complex response; Dune erosion; Landform sensitivity; Morphodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE FORCING; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EROSION; ESTUARY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

COUNTY DONEGAL; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LOUGHROS BAY; ULSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42649125589     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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