Forecasting cyclic coastal erosion on a multi-annual to multi-decadal scale: Southeast African coast

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 150, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 86-91

  Smith, A M ^a   Guastella, L A ^b   Botes, Z A ^c   Bundy, S C ^d   Mather, A A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Geo Dynamic Systems   (South Africa)

^d Sustainable Development Projects CC   (South Africa)

^e eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion forecasting; Cyclic coastal erosion; Dyer Tyson rainfall cycle (MAP); Longshore sediment transport; Lunar nodal cycle (LNC); Lunar perigean subharmonic (LPS); Mean annual precipitation (MAP)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL EROSION; CYCLICITY; DECADAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84910006080     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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