Potential influence of sea-level rise in controlling shoreline position on the French Mediterranean Coast

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Brunel, Cédric ^a,b   Sabatier, François ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Sea level rise; Shoreline evolution; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; PROVENCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64549087152     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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