Boulder dynamics on an Atlantic-facing rock coastline, northwest Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Knight, Jasper ^a   Burningham, Helene ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boulders; Schmidt hammer; Sockets; Storms; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BOULDERS; IRELAND; REBOUND VALUE; ROCK SURFACES; SCHMIDT HAMMER; SHORE PLATFORMS; SHOREFACE; SOCKETS; WINTER STORMS;

COASTAL ZONES; HAMMERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MECHANICS; STORMS; TOOLS;

WEATHERING;

BEDROCK; BOULDER; CLIFF; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; LICHEN; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PLATFORM; STORM; TSUNAMI; WEATHERING;

IRELAND;

EID: 79955705166     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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