Shoreline retreat and sediment release in response to accelerating sea level rise: Measuring and modelling cliffline dynamics on the Suffolk Coast, UK

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-179

  Brooks, S M ^a   Spencer, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cliff elevation; Nearshore sandbanks; NextMap; Sea level rise; Sediment release; Shoreline response models

Indexed keywords

CLIFF ELEVATION; NEARSHORES; NEXTMAP; RESPONSE MODEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT RELEASE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; RATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIFF; COASTAL PROTECTION; ELEVATION; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SANDBANK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ENGLAND; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81255213879     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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