Geological controls on boulder production in a rock coast setting: Insights from South Wales, UK

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 12-24

  Stephenson, W J ^a   Naylor, L A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boulders; Discontinuities; Erosion; Geology; Joints; Shore platform

Indexed keywords

BOULDER SIZE; BOULDERS; DISCONTINUITIES; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; JOINT SPACING; JOINTS; ROCK MASS; SAMPLING DESIGN; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHAPE AND SIZE; SHORE PLATFORM; SHORE PLATFORMS; STORM WAVES; TIME AND SPACE; TWO LAYERS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE ENERGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EROSION;

BOULDER; DATA SET; ENTRAINMENT; EROSION RATE; LIMESTONE; OUTCROP; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PLATFORM; WAVE ENERGY;

SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 79955706921     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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