Evolution of a foredune and backshore river complex on a high-energy, drift-aligned beach

Geomorphology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2015, Pages 440-451

  Heathfield, Derek K ^a   Walker, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluff; Coastal erosion; Drift aligned; Foredune; LiDAR; River; Wave dominated

Indexed keywords

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EOLIAN PROCESS; LIDAR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE ACTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WICKANINNISH BAY;

EID: 84941308792     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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