Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-651-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-651-2018
Research article
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09 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 09 Aug 2018

GlobR2C2 (Global Recession Rates of Coastal Cliffs): a global relational database to investigate coastal rocky cliff erosion rate variations

Mélody Prémaillon, Vincent Regard, Thomas J. B. Dewez, and Yves Auda

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Coastal erosion is of major concern for society. Our study focused on rocky coasts, where coastal evolution remains poorly understood. We utilized the increasing number of erosion-related data and compiled them to better understand how and to what degree rocky coasts erode. We found that rock resistance primarily explained erosion rates, whilst the influence of the climate and sea was secondary. Weak rock coasts lose a median of 23 meters per century, about ten times more than hard rock coasts.