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Palaeogeographic reconstruction

Palaeogeographic reconstruction. RSL=0. RSL=-30. x. Why is it important?. Resolve discrepancies between modelled and observed RSL curves Improve E-I-O models Insularity and palaeogeography Former landsurfaces – archaeology/palaeoecology. What drives decadal/centennial coastal change?.

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Palaeogeographic reconstruction

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  1. Palaeogeographic reconstruction RSL=0 RSL=-30

  2. x

  3. Why is it important? Resolve discrepancies between modelled and observed RSL curves Improve E-I-O models Insularity and palaeogeography Former landsurfaces – archaeology/palaeoecology

  4. What drives decadal/centennial coastal change? =management timescale

  5. Dundrum Bay 2km

  6. Relict offshore sediment source still being reworked

  7. 1835-1984 Historical Shoreline Changes

  8. Shoreline accretion in northeast

  9. Sand depletion in southwest

  10. 1861 1968

  11. 1968 Ballykinler Murlough LWM HWM Newcastle N 500 m Modelled Wave Energy Patterns Cooper & Navas (2004), Geology Ballykinler 1861 Murlough N 500 m LWM HWM Newcastle

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