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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-871-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-871-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2016
Research article |
| 02 Dec 2016
Complex coastlines responding to climate change: do shoreline shapes reflect present forcing or “remember” the distant past?
Christopher W. Thomas
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
British Geological Survey, Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP,
Scotland, UK
A. Brad Murray
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the
Environment and Earth Sciences and Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems,
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Andrew D. Ashton
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Martin D. Hurst
British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12
5GG, England, UK
Andrew K. A. P. Barkwith
British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12
5GG, England, UK
Michael A. Ellis
British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12
5GG, England, UK
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- Present‐day sedimentary processes on the shelves of inactive volcanic ocean islands: The case study of Porto Santo Island (Madeira Archipelago) S. Innocentini et al. 10.1111/sed.13243
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- Contribution of longshore sand exchanges to mesoscale barrier-island behavior: Insights from the Virginia Barrier Islands, U.S. East Coast M. Robbins et al. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108163
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- Soft-Cliff Retreat in a Tropical Coast: The Minuto de Dios Sector, Caribbean Coast of Colombia J. Paniagua-Arroyave 10.2112/SI81-006.1
- The Coastline Evolution Model 2D (CEM2D) V1.1 C. Leach et al. 10.5194/gmd-14-5507-2021
- Dynamic beach response to changing storminess of Unst, Shetland: implications for landing places exploited by Norse communities J. Preston et al. 10.1080/15564894.2018.1555193
- Shoreline position change and the relationship to annual and interannual meteo-oceanographic conditions in Southeastern Brazil B. Carvalho et al. 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106582
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Latest update: 14 Dec 2024
Short summary
Complex sandy coastlines, such as capes and spits, are important socio-economically while underpinning and protecting important natural habitats. Although they may protect inshore areas, they are inherently fragile and susceptible to erosion. We have explored how spits and capes might adapt to changing wave climate through modelling. We find that coastlines may not be in equilibrium with current conditions, and past shapes may strongly influence those adapting to new wave climates.
Complex sandy coastlines, such as capes and spits, are important socio-economically while...
