Equilibrium erosion of soft rock shores with a shallow or absent beach under increased sea level rise

Marine Geology

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 75-84

  Walkden, Mike ^a   Dickson, Mark ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cliff erosion; climate change; coastal erosion; sea level rise; shore platform; shore profile; soft rock

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

BEACH VOLUME; CLIFF EROSION; COASTAL EROSION; EQUILIBRIUM RECESSION RATES; ROCK STRENGTH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHORE PLATFORM; SOFT ROCK SHORES;

SHORE PROTECTION;

BEACH; CLIFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COMPOSITE; EQUILIBRIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKY SHORE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOFT ROCK;

EID: 43049108367     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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