Rollover, drowning, and discontinuous retreat: Distinct modes of barrier response to sea-level rise arising from a simple morphodynamic model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 779-801

  Lorenzo Trueba, Jorge ^a   Ashton, Andrew D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DISCONTINUITY; EQUILIBRIUM; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84904702011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002941     Document Type: Article

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