Fractal properties of shoreline changes on a storm-exposed island

Abstract Extreme storm events and their consequent shoreline changes are of great importance for understanding coastal evolution and assessing storm hazards. This work investigates the fractal properties of the spatial distributions of shoreline changes caused by storms. Wavelet analysis and upper-t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaojing Zhong, Peng Yu, Shenliang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08924-9