Late Flandrian coastal change and tidal palaeochannel development at Hills Flats, Severn Estuary (SW Britain)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-162

  Allen, J R L ^a   Fulford, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channels; Coastal erosion; Flandrian; Salt marshes; Severn Estuary

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; FLANDRIAN; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PALAEOCHANNEL DEVELOPMENT; ROMAN PERIOD; SHORELINE EVOLUTION; TIDAL CHANNELS; TIDAL PALAEOCHANNEL; WETLAND; WETLANDS;

UK, ENGLAND, AVON, SEVERN ESTUARY; UK, ENGLAND, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SEVERN ESTUARY; UK, ENGLAND, SEVERN ESTUARY;

EID: 0029731634     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0151     Document Type: Article

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