Coastal barriers-fresh look at origins, nomenclature and classification issues

EG Otvos - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on numerous publications and field work on the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, US
and other coastal areas, the present objective is to meet the need for an improved system of …

Assessment of coastal vulnerability to climate change hazards at the regional scale: the case study of the North Adriatic Sea

S Torresan, A Critto, J Rizzi… - Natural Hazards and …, 2012 - nhess.copernicus.org
Sea level rise, changes in storms and wave climate as a consequence of global climate
change are expected to increase the size and magnitude of flooded and eroding coastal …

Coastal barriers, northern Gulf-Last Eustatic Cycle; genetic categories and development contrasts. A review

EG Otvos - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
A large body of chronologically well-constrained and detailed Quaternary data accumulated
in the last decades from the coastal-shelf region of the northern Gulf of Mexico …

Assessing coastal vulnerability to climate change: comparing segmentation at global and regional scales

S Torresan, A Critto, M Dalla Valle, N Harvey… - Sustainability …, 2008 - Springer
Recent concerns about potential climate-change effects on coastal systems require the
application of vulnerability assessment tools in order to define suitable adaptation strategies …

Implications of delta retreat on wave propagation and longshore sediment transport-Guadalfeo case study (southern Spain)

RJ Bergillos, A López-Ruiz, M Ortega-Sánchez… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of both natural and human-induced changes on the evolution of worldwide
deltas has been widely addressed; however, the variations of the submerged morphology of …

[LIVRE][B] Dynamics and vulnerability of delta systems

I Overeem, RG Brakenridge - 2009 - futureearthcoasts.s3.amazonaws …
Deltas form where rivers meet the ocean. They are then naturally shaped by the forces of
rivers, waves and tides. Intricate mazes of river channels, wetlands and coastal features, that …

Hydrodynamics of the Po River‐Delta‐Sea System

F Maicu, F De Pascalis, C Ferrarin… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we investigated the hydrodynamics and the interaction between riverine and
marine waters in the Po River‐Delta‐Sea (RDS) system (Italy). Through the application of an …

Sand spit rhythmic development: A potential record of wave climate variations? Arçay Spit, western coast of France

J Allard, X Bertin, E Chaumillon, F Pouget - Marine Geology, 2008 - Elsevier
This study aims at showing the sedimentary and geomorphological records of wave climate
variations by spits. The studied spit (Arçay Spit) is located on the French Atlantic coast and …

River delta shoreline reworking and erosion in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: The potential roles of fluvial sediment starvation and other factors

M Besset, EJ Anthony, F Sabatier - Elem Sci Anth, 2017 - online.ucpress.edu
The Mediterranean basin (including the Black Sea) is characterized by a plethora of deltas
that have developed in a wave-influenced setting. Many of these deltas are sourced in …

Luminescence dating of beach ridges for characterizing multi-decadal to centennial deltaic shoreline changes during Late Holocene, Mekong River delta

T Tamura, Y Saito, MD Bateman, VL Nguyen, TKO Ta… - Marine Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Empirical understanding of decadal-to centennial-scale deltaic shoreline changes in the
past is essential for understanding the fate of coasts in the coming decades and centuries …