Burningham, H;
French, J;
(2015)
Large-scale spatial variability in the contemporary coastal sand and gravel resource, Suffolk, eastern UK.
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Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2015.
World Scientific: San Diego, CA, USA.
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Abstract
The response of coastal systems to changes in sea level and storm events is often dependent on the availability of sediment and sustainability of sediment supply. This paper analyses the changing sediment resource of a driftaligned shoreline in eastern England, UK, over centennial and decadal timescales. Spatial variability in cross-shore extent and elevational distribution of this mixed sand and gravel system exerts a significant control on the ability of different stretches of this shoreline to respond dynamically to changes in marine forcing. Furthermore, anthropogenic interference has led to the development of unnaturally high beach ridges in some places, which contrasts with the absence of intertidal or supratidal sediment along stretches dominated by seawalls.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Large-scale spatial variability in the contemporary coastal sand and gravel resource, Suffolk, eastern UK |
| Event: | Coastal Sediments, San Diego, USA, 11-15 May, 2015 |
| Location: | San Diego |
| Dates: | 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2015 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1142/9789814689977_0051 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814689977_0051 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522634 |
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