The influence of seasonal and local weather conditions on rock surface changes on the shore platform at Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Decadal scale micro erosion rates on shore platforms

“…These studies usually measured erosion over periods of about two years. Recently a number of studies have shortened the temporal scale over which TMEMs and MEMs have been used, to a few days or hours Gómez-Pujol et al, 2007;Hemmingsen et al, 2007). These very short-term studies have offered insight to the dynamic nature of rock weathering but are of limited use for the consideration of long-term rates of platform development.…”

“…These very short-term studies have offered insight to the dynamic nature of rock weathering but are of limited use for the consideration of long-term rates of platform development. Hemmingsen et al (2007) have shown that measurement strategies are needed to minimize the influence of these short-term fluctuations on longer term rates. Trudgill (1977), Spencer (1981) and Viles and Trudgill (1984) noted problems and uncertainty with extrapolating rates from shortterm studies to longer periods.…”

Analysis of relationships between micro-topography and short- and long-term erosion rates on shore platforms at Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

“…Usually these studies measure rates over a two-year period, although recent studies have also used these instruments to monitor rates of surface change over a few days or a few hours (e.g. Stephenson et al, 2004;Trenhaile, 2006;Gómez-Pujol et al, 2007;Hemmingsen et al, 2007;Porter and Trenhaile, 2007). Uniquely, Stephenson et al (2010) have used the same method to measure surface height change on a number of shore platforms over a 10-year period.…”

Rock coast geomorphology: Recent advances and future research directions

“…Researchers have sought to improve quantification and understanding of individual processes. For example, Stephenson and Kirk (2001), , Trenhaile (2006), Trenhaile et al (2006), Gómez-Pujol et al (2007), Porter and Trenhaile (2007) and Hemmingsen et al (2007) have conducted field and laboratory experiments to examine the role of wetting and drying and on the nature and variability of surface expansion and contraction on shore platforms. Research has ranged from field experimental colonisation trials of rock blocks coupled with novel microscopy techniques to laboratory wetting and drying experiments by Kanyaya and Trenhaile (2005).…”