Late Weichselian to early holocene subaqueous dune formation and burial off the north sea Northumberland coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Brew, David S ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changes of level; Holocene; North Sea; Submarine dunes; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; DUNES; ESTUARIES; ESTUARY; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SUBMARINE DUNE; SUBMARINE DUNE FORMATION;

NORTH SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND COAST;

EID: 0030251157     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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