The lower shoreface: Morphodynamics and sediment connectivity with the upper shoreface and beach

EJ Anthony, T Aagaard - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The lower shoreface provides the connection between the continental shelf and the
shoreline via its onshore transition called the upper shoreface. Lower shorefaces are …

Cause and effect in geomorphic systems: Complex systems perspectives

AB Murray, G Coco, EB Goldstein - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Applying complex systems perspectives to geomorphic systems leads to the conclusion that
cause and effect in landscape systems does not always apply in the ways that common …

Stormier mid-Holocene southwest Indian Ocean due to poleward trending tropical cyclones

AN Green, JAG Cooper, C Loureiro, S Dixon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Geological evidence of past storminess is fundamental for contextualizing long-term climate
variability and investigating future climate. Unlike the Atlantic and Pacific basins, robust …

[HTML][HTML] Geologic framework of the northern North Carolina, USA inner continental shelf and its influence on coastal evolution

ER Thieler, DS Foster, EA Himmelstoss, DJ Mallinson - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The inner continental shelf off the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina was mapped
using sidescan sonar, interferometric swath bathymetry, and high-resolution chirp and …

The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the shoreface and inner shelf of Fire Island, New York: Large bedform migration but limited erosion

JA Goff, RD Flood, JA Austin Jr, WC Schwab… - Continental Shelf …, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigate the impact of superstorm Sandy on the lower shoreface and inner shelf
offshore the barrier island system of Fire Island, NY using before-and-after surveys involving …

Sorted bedforms over transgressive deposits along the continental shelf of western Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea)

G De Falco, F Budillon, A Conforti, M Di Bitetto… - Marine Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Multibeam echosounder data collected along the shelf of the western Sardinia margin
(western Mediterranean Sea) revealed the occurrence of isolated dunes at a water depth of …

In-Situ Geotechnical Characterization of Mixed-Grain-Size Bedforms Using A Dynamic Penetrometer

N Stark, G Coco, KR Bryan… - Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We tested the ability of a small dynamic penetrometer, Nimrod, to infer geotechnical
properties of sediment mixtures in the inner shelf. The penetrometer is light and easy to …

Data-driven components in a model of inner-shelf sorted bedforms: a new hybrid model

EB Goldstein, G Coco, AB Murray… - Earth Surface …, 2014 - esurf.copernicus.org
Numerical models rely on the parameterization of processes that often lack a deterministic
description. In this contribution we demonstrate the applicability of using machine learning, a …

[HTML][HTML] Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to Create Benthic Geologic Habitat Maps for Portions of Acadia National …

B Oakley, B Caccioppoli, M LaFrance Bartley… - Geosciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) was applied to four
portions of Acadia National Park, USA, focusing on intertidal rocky and tidal flat habitats …

Distribution and thickness of sedimentary facies in the coastal dune, beach and nearshore sedimentary system at Maspalomas, Canary Islands

A Fontán Bouzas, J Alcántara-Carrió… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2013 - Springer
Numerous studies have shown that most beaches and coastal dune systems of the world
are currently eroding but very few have investigated the combined sediment budgets of …