Decadal-scale gravel beach evolution on a tectonically-uplifting coast: Wellington, New Zealand

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1133-1141

  Olson, David ^a   Kennedy, David M ^b   Dawe, Iain ^c   Calder, Miles ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Greater Wellington Regional Council   (New Zealand)

^c AURECON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co seismic abrupt uplift; Longshore drift, accommodation space; Mixed sand and gravel beaches

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; CO-SEISMIC ABRUPT UPLIFT; GRAVEL BEACHES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LITTORAL ZONE; LONGSHORE DRIFT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; PLANFORM; PROCESS DYNAMICS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT SIZE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SWASH ZONE; TIME-SCALES; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; WELLINGTON , NEW ZEALAND;

COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHORE PROTECTION; SURVEYS;

BEACHES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DECADAL VARIATION; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE CHANGE; TIMESCALE; UPLIFT; WAVE RUNUP;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 84865986302     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3233     Document Type: Article

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