Crescentic Landforms along the Atlantic Coast of the United States
- 9 February 1968
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 159 (3815), 627-629
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.159.3815.627
Abstract
An uninterrupted series of hierarchically arranged crescentic coastal landforms occurs along the Atlantic coast. Dimensional analysis suggests a geometric relation between order, amplitude, and number. The processes responsible for these features also may be continuous in nature.Keywords
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