Coarse sediment yields from seacliff erosion in the oceanside littoral cell

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 580-585

  Young, Adam P ^a   Raymond, Jessica H ^b   Sorenson, John ^b   Johnstone, Elizabeth A ^b   Driscoll, Neal W ^b   Flick, Reinhard E ^a   Guza, Robert T ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cliffs; Coastal erosion; Sediment budget; Southern California

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; OCEANIC CURRENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SIEVING; WAVE ACTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952695171     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1179.1     Document Type: Article

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