On salt marshes retreat: Experiments and modeling toppling failures induced by wind waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 603-620

  Bendoni, M ^a   Francalanci, S ^b   Cappietti, L ^a   Solari, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CERAFRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

mass failure; retreat; saltmarsh edges; wave forcing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; PRESSURE FIELD; SALTMARSH; SOIL EROSION; SUBSIDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER LEVEL; WAVE FORCE; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84898681425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002967     Document Type: Article

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