Holocene coastal sedimentation in the Eastern English Channel: New data from the Romney Marsh region, United Kingdom

Marine Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 97-120

  Long, Antony J ^a   Plater, Andrew J ^a,b   Waller, Martyn P ^a,c   Innes, James B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Coastal evolution; English Channel; Romney Marsh; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION;

UK, ENGLAND, KENT, ROMNEY MARSH;

EID: 0030302164     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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