Effects of varied lithology on soft-cliff recession rates

Marine Geology

Volumn 354, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-52

  Carpenter, N E ^a   Dickson, M E ^b   Walkden, M J A ^c   Nicholls, R J ^a   Powrie, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c WSP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cliff erosion; Coastal geomorphology; Numerical model; Varied lithology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; CLIFF EROSION; MATERIAL STRENGTH; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MODEL SIMULATION; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; RECESSION RATE; VARIABLE RESISTANCE;

LANDFORMS;

CLIFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84901007977     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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