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.

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DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

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