Importance of decadal scale variability in shoreline response: examples from soft rock cliffs, East Anglian coast, UK

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 581-593

  Brooks, S M ^a   Spencer, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cliff erosion; Digital shoreline analysis system; Nearshore sediment transport; North Atlantic Oscillation; Shoreline management; Storm surges

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SHORELINE CHANGE; SOFT ROCK; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908511393     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: 18747841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-013-0279-7     Document Type: Article

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