Coastal vulnerability of a pinned, soft-cliff coastline - Part I: Assessing the natural sensitivity to wave climate

Earth Surface Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 295-308

  Barkwith, A ^a   Thomas, C W ^a   Limber, P W ^b,c   Ellis, M A ^a   Murray, A B ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION; EROSION RATE; FUTURE PROSPECT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WAVE CLIMATE;

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE; ENGLAND; HOLDERNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84911379715     PISSN: 21966311     EISSN: 2196632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-295-2014     Document Type: Article

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