Multivariate return periods of sea storms for coastal erosion risk assessment

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2699-2708

  Corbella, S ^a,b   Stretch, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORM SURGE;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866557363     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2699-2012     Document Type: Article

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