Quarrying, transport and deposition of cliff-top storm deposits during extreme events: Banneg Island, Brittany

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 36-55

  Fichaut, Bernard ^a   Suanez, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Brittany; Cliff top storm deposits; Eastern Atlantic; Island; Storm

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; BREAKING WAVES; BRITTANY; CLIFF-TOP STORM DEPOSITS; DOMINANT MODE; EASTERN-ATLANTIC; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EXTREME EVENTS; HIGH ENERGY; ISLAND; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; MEDIAN VALUE; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS; STORM EVENTS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WINTER STORMS;

DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVES;

STORMS;

ACCRETION; CLIFF; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; MORPHOGENESIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARRYING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM DEPOSIT; STORM SURGE; TORRENT; WATER LEVEL; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; BRETAGNE; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FINISTERE; FRANCE; IROISE SEA;

EID: 79955723317     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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