Rain, waves, and short-term evolution of composite seacliffs in southern California

Marine Geology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Young, Adam P ^a   Guza, R T ^a   Flick, R E ^a   O'Reilly, W C ^a   Gutierrez, R ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

California; coastal erosion; LiDAR, San Diego County; seacliff retreat

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LAGOONS; EROSION RATES; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; LIDAR, SAN DIEGO COUNTY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEA-CLIFF; SEACLIFF RETREAT; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TIME PERIODS; WAVE ATTACK; WAVE ENERGY;

FEEDBACK; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN; TIME SERIES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EROSION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CLIFF; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LAGOON; EROSION RATE; LIDAR; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; TIME SERIES; WAVE ACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350564310     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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