Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Coastal boulders on shore platforms represent an unusual sediment accumulation because their transport is restricted to high-energy wave events such as storms (Etienne and Paris, 2010), or tsunamis (Paris et al., 2009). They typically appear in six different morphological arrangements: isolated mega-blocks on coastal platforms (Scheffers, 2005); boulder beaches (Etienne and Paris, 2010); cliff-top boulders (Williams and Hall, 2004); boulders fields and boulder clusters (Goto et al., 2010); boulder ridges and ramparts (Nott, 1997). The pre-transport environment of these boulders can be submergence, sub-aerial, cliff-edge, cliff-top, or joint-bounded (Nott, 2003).
Source: Coastal Engineering Proceedings
Author: N.A.K. Nandasena
Institution: United Arab Emirates University
Language: English
Topic: Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410867176