Modeling cyclic recession of cohesive clay coasts: Effects of wave erosion and bluff stability

Marine Geology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-176

  Castedo, Ricardo ^a   Fernández, Marta ^a   Trenhaile, Alan S ^b   Paredes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohesive coast; Erosion; Landslides; Model; Soft rock

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHODYNAMICS; BEACH SEDIMENTS; BLUFF RECESSIONS; COASTAL BLUFFS; COHESIVE COAST; DEBRIS MOBILITY; EROSION RATES; GREAT LAKES; LAKE LEVELS; PROFILE SHAPES; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SHALLOW WATERS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOFT ROCKS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER SURFACE;

BEACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

EROSION;

BEACH EROSION; CLAY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDE; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84871935355     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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