On the role of discontinuities in mediating shore platform erosion

Geomorphology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 89-100

  Naylor, L A ^a,b   Stephenson, W J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Geological contingency; Landform evolution; Rock control; Rock mass; Scale; Shore platform; Threshold

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DISCONTINUITY; EROSION RATE; LIMESTONE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCKY SHORE; SANDSTONE; SHORE PLATFORM; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749100655     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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