Evidence for active retreat of a coastal cliff between 3.5 and 12 ka in Cassis (South East France)

Geomorphology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Recorbet, F ^a   Rochette, P ^a   Braucher, R ^a   Bourles D ^a   Benedetti, L ^a   Hantz, D ^b   Finkel, R C ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal cliff collapse; Cosmic ray exposure dating; Geomorphology; Mediterranea; Tsunami hazard

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIFF; COLLAPSE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOFTWARE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CASSIS; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 73549108100     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.04.023     Document Type: Article

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