A gravel beach-rip channel system: The Westleton Beds (Pleistocene) of Suffolk, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-67

  Mathers, Stephen ^a,b   Zalasiewiczf, Jan ^a,b  

^a British Geological Siin ey   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENT; CHANNEL; GRAVEL; PLEISTOCENE; RIP CURRENT; WESTLETON BEDS;

UK, ENGLAND, SUFFOLK;

EID: 0029730922     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(96)80068-X     Document Type: Article

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