Equilibrium responses of cliffed coasts to changes in the rate of sea level rise

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 217-229

  Ashton, Andrew D ^a   Walkden, Mike J A ^b   Dickson, Mark E ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Royal Haskoning DHV   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bruun rule; Cliffed coasts; Coastal erosion; Dynamic equilibrium; Rocky coasts; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

BRUUN RULE; CLIFFED COASTS; COASTAL EROSION; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; ROCKY COASTS; SEA LEVEL RISE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; FEEDBACK; LANDFORMS; PROCESS CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COASTAL ZONES;

CLIFF; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOFT ROCK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79957649523     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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