Reconstructing coastal flood occurrence combining sea level and media sources: A case study of the Solent, UK since 1935

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1773-1796

  Ruocco, Amy C ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Haigh, Ivan D ^b   Wadey, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal flooding; English Channel; Extreme events; Solent; Storm surges; UK

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; SOLENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80255123700     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9868-7     Document Type: Article

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