Erosive water level regime and climatic variability forcing of beach-dune systems on south-western Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 751-762

  Heathfield, Derek K ^a   Walker, Ian J ^a   Atkinson, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach; Climatic variability; Coastal erosion; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Environmental forcing; Foredune; Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; COASTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING; FOREDUNE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEACHES; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

EROSION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE FORCING; COASTAL EROSION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SURGE; TELECONNECTION; UPLIFT; WATER LEVEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84878850950     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3350     Document Type: Article

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