Decadal behavior of tidal inlet-associated beach systems, northwest ireland, in relation to climate forcing

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-51

  O'Connor, Marianne C ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^a   Jackson, Derek W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE RECORD; EBB CHANNELS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORDS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION; SHORELINE POSITION;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEDROCK; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL INLET;

IRELAND;

EID: 84857380032     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.3     Document Type: Article

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