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Rock coast geomorphology: Recent advances and future research directions
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There have been considerable advances in rock coast research in the past decade as mentioned in this paper, as measured in terms of the number of active researchers and in a number of research papers being produced, highlighting many of the improvements that have been made in our ability to identify and measure the processes shaping rock coasts, at a range of spatial and temporal scales.About:
This article is published in Geomorphology.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 158 citations till now.read more
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