Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-349-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-349-2015
Research article
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27 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2015

Analysing the spatial patterns of erosion scars using point process theory at the coastal chalk cliff of Mesnil-Val, Normandy, northern France

J. Rohmer and T. Dewez

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This article uses summary statistics of spatial point process theory to study the spatio-temporal pattern of a rockfall inventory recorded with repeated terrestrial laser scanning surveys at a chalk coastal cliff site in Normandy, France. This allows testing and quantifying the significance of geomorphological observations. From a spatial distribution perspective, behaviours of small and large scars cannot be considered equivalent, suggesting that erosion processes and triggering factors differ.
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