Storm-induced damages along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean) during the period 1958-2008

Geomorphology

Volumn 143-144, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-33

  Jiménez, José A ^a,c   Sancho García, Amanda ^b,c   Bosom, Eva ^a,c   Valdemoro, Herminia I ^a,c   Guillén, Jorge ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beaches; Erosion; Inundation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STORM DAMAGE; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 84856674412     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.034     Document Type: Article

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