The effect of Holocene changes in relative sea level on the morphology of rocky coasts

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Trenhaile, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holocene; Model; Relative sea level; Rock coasts; Shore platforms

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCKY SHORE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORE PLATFORM; SHORELINE CHANGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749084702     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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