The geomorphology and controls on development of a boulder-strewn rock platform, NW Ireland

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1646-1650

  Knight, J ^a   Burningham, H ^b   Barrett Mold, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boulder ridges; Coastal ecology; North Atlantic; Schmidt hammer; Storms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953247764     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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