Modelling the response of soft cliffs to climate change: A statistical, process-response model using accumulated excess energy

Geomorphology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-121

  Hackney, Christopher ^a   Darby, Stephen E ^a   Leyland, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal erosion; Sea level rise; Soft cliffs; Statistical process response model; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL EROSION; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875550886     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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