Creek enlargement in a low-energy degrading saltmarsh in southern England

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-778

  Chen, Yining ^a   Collins, Michael B ^a   Thompson, Charlotte E L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cantilever; Creek; Erosion; Long term; Water level

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BANK FAILURE; CANTILEVER; CREEK; CREEK BANKS; ENGLAND; HIGH RESISTANCE; LONG-TERM; LOW ENERGIES; ORGANIC MATTER; SALT MARSHES; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIDAL CREEKS; TIDAL CURRENTS; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS; WATER-LEVEL DATA; WAVE CURRENT;

CLAY DEPOSITS; NANOCANTILEVERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDAL POWER; WATER LEVELS;

EROSION;

BANK EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CHANNEL; WATER LEVEL;

BEAULIEU ESTUARY; ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955581943     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2104     Document Type: Article

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