Boulder accumulations related to storms on the south coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula (Iceland)

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-70

  Etienne, Samuel ^a   Paris, Raphaël ^a  

^a Université Blaise Pascal   (France)

Author keywords

Cliff top boulders; Coastal geomorphology; North Atlantic; Storm deposits; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEACH RIDGE; BOULDER; CLIFF; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROBABILITY; ROCKY SHORE; STORM DEPOSIT; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI; WAVE ACTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; REYKJANES PENINSULA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71749098581     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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