Digital mapping of coastal boulders: high-resolution data acquisition to infer past and recent transport dynamics

Coastal boulder fields provide clues to long-term frequency-magnitude patterns of coastal flooding events and have the potential to play an important role in coastal hazard assessment. Mapping boulders in the field is time and labour-intensive, and work on intertidal reef platforms, as in the presen...

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Main Authors: Boesl, Fabian (Author) , Engel, Max (Author) , Eco, Rodrigo C. (Author) , Galang, Jan B. (Author) , Gonzalo, Lia A. (Author) , Llanes, Francesca (Author) , Quix, Eva (Author) , Brückner, Helmut (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: April 2020
In: Sedimentology
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 1393-1410
ISSN:1365-3091
DOI:10.1111/sed.12578
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12578
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sed.12578
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Author Notes:Fabian Boesl, Max Engel, Rodrigo C. Eco, Jan B. Galang, Lia A. Gonzalo, Francesca Llanes, Eva Quix, Helmut Brückner

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