Quantifying thresholds for significant dune erosion along the Sefton Coast, Northwest England

Geomorphology

Volumn 143-144, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-61

  Esteves, Luciana S ^a   Brown, Jennifer M ^b   Williams, Jon J ^a   Lymbery, Graham ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dune; Erosion; GIS; POLCOMS WAM; Sefton Coast (UK); Storm

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GIS; HINDCASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM SURGE; TIDAL CYCLE; WARNING SYSTEM; WATER LEVEL; WAVE HEIGHT;

ENGLAND; SEFTON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856663543     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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