England's Coastal Heritage: A Survey for English Heritage and the RCHMEEnglish Heritage, 1997 - 268 pages This report documents research jointly commi ssioned by English Heritage and the RCHME from the Universit ies of Reading and Southampton. It examines the character of the recorded coastal archaeological resource and identifies future themes for survey. ' |
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Page 41
... sediment accretion on the back of the marsh keeps pace with ( or exceeds ) the rate of sea - level rise , while the front of the marsh is unable to keep pace and suffers erosion and retreat . The prograding marsh condition will occur ...
... sediment accretion on the back of the marsh keeps pace with ( or exceeds ) the rate of sea - level rise , while the front of the marsh is unable to keep pace and suffers erosion and retreat . The prograding marsh condition will occur ...
Page 42
... sediment , leading to renewed vertical dune accretion , particularly where landward dune areas are well vegetated and act as sediment traps . However , where vegetation is dam- aged owing to shore processes or anthropogenic impact ...
... sediment , leading to renewed vertical dune accretion , particularly where landward dune areas are well vegetated and act as sediment traps . However , where vegetation is dam- aged owing to shore processes or anthropogenic impact ...
Page 191
... sediment trans- port along the coast . Interruption of this natural system may result in altered processes for a considerable dis- tance . A second problem is ' coastal squeeze ' , which describes the reduction in the width of the ...
... sediment trans- port along the coast . Interruption of this natural system may result in altered processes for a considerable dis- tance . A second problem is ' coastal squeeze ' , which describes the reduction in the width of the ...
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aerial Archaeol archaeological material archaeological remains archaeological resource archaeological sites areas artefacts assessment beach Blackwater Estuary Bridgwater Bay briquetage Bronze Age cal BC century cliff coast coastal archaeology coastal erosion coastal zone coastline context Cornwall County Council crustal dendrochronology deposits dunes England English Heritage environment environmental eroded Essex evidence excavation fieldwork finds fishing foreshore future sea-level Goldcliff Harbour Holocene Hullbridge human activities impact important industry intertidal zone Iron Age Island Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Kent landscape Langstone Harbour major marine Marsh medieval ment Mesolithic Neolithic Palaeolithic peat period photographs planning ports post-medieval pottery prehistoric preservation RCHME record regional retreat river Romano-British salt salt-making saltmarsh sand sea-level change sea-level rise sediment settlement Severn Estuary Shennan shore shoreline Solent Somerset Somerset Levels structures submerged forests subtidal survey threat tidal tion wetlands Wilkinson and Murphy Wootton Quarr