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Sedimentary coastal cliffs of Normandy: Modalities and quantification of retreat

Stéphane Costa 1 Olivier Maquaire 1 Pauline Letortu 1 Guillaume Thirard 1 Vincent Compain 1 Thomas Roulland 1 Mohand Medjkane 1 Robert Davidson 1 Kevin Graff 1 Candide Lissak 1 Christophe Delacourt 2 Timothée Duguet 3 Cyrille Fauchard 4 Raphaël Antoine 4
1 LETG - Caen - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique
LETG - Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique UMR 6554
2 IUEM - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer
3 LOMC - Laboratoire Ondes et Milieux Complexes
4 Cerema Equipe-projet ENDSUM - Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement - Equipe-projet ENDSUM
Abstract : This paper examines the spatial and temporal variations of cliff retreat rates over multi-temporal data of the Normandy cliffs. Data are derived from historical maps and aerial photographs and from recent lasergrammetry and photogrammetry monitoring. The diachronic analysis of all these data gives retreat rates of -0.1 to -0.5 m/yr. in line with the international literature. The spatial variations of the cliff retreat rates, at the Normandy scale, can be explained by geological structure, especially at the cliff foot, but also by the influence of cliff collapses or anthropogenic obstacles that disrupt the longshore drift. Multi-temporal data shows that the evolution of the cliffs occurs on scales from 10 to 70 years according to the lithology. The high resolution and frequency monitoring also provide information about the factors responsible for triggering gravitational landslides (rockfalls, slides, debris falls). The study proposes a regional warning threshold for the cliff characterized by landslides, under the dominating influence of rainfall and groundwater level evolution. In this respect the monitoring is inconclusive for chalk and limestone cliffs, because the origin of evolutions is more multifactorial (combination of more continental and marine processes).
Keywords : landslide retreat rate lasergrammetry photogrammetry Coastal cliff
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Stéphane Costa, Olivier Maquaire, Pauline Letortu, Guillaume Thirard, Vincent Compain, et al.. Sedimentary coastal cliffs of Normandy: Modalities and quantification of retreat. Journal of Coastal Research, Coastal Education and Research Foundation, 2019, special issue. Vol. 88 (sp1), pp.46-60. ⟨10.2112/SI88-005.1⟩. ⟨hal-02280608⟩

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