Formation and evolution of headlands on soft cliff coasts: Lessons from the isle of wight

Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013: From Sea to Shore - Meeting the Challenges of the Sea

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 765-773

  Stuiver, Caroline ^a   Nicholls, Robert J ^a   Richards, David ^a   Barton, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BEACHES; BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ZONES; GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; REFRACTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BEACH SEDIMENTS; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; INTERTIDAL ZONES; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; THE STANDARD MODEL; WAVE ATTENUATION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84960907749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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