Boulders as a signature of storms on rock coasts

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Paris, Raphaël ^a   Naylor, Larissa A ^b   Stephenson, Wayne J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79955720981     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.016     Document Type: Editorial

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