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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-429-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-429-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
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10 May 2023
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Constraints on long-term cliff retreat and intertidal weathering at weak rock coasts using cosmogenic 10Be, nearshore topography and numerical modelling

Jennifer R. Shadrick, Dylan H. Rood, Martin D. Hurst, Matthew D. Piggott, Klaus M. Wilcken, and Alexander J. Seal

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This paper may be of wider interest as it provides an important quantification of the rates of cliff retreat for the chalk cliff coasts of Southern England and Northern France. This is the first time we have been able to look back at this level of detail and reconstruct how this coastline has changed and retreated.
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This study uses a coastal evolution model to interpret cosmogenic beryllium-10 concentrations and topographic data and, in turn, quantify long-term cliff retreat rates for four chalk sites on the south coast of England. By using a process-based model, clear distinctions between intertidal weathering rates have been recognised between chalk and sandstone rock coast sites, advocating the use of process-based models to interpret the long-term behaviour of rock coasts.
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