Loss of sand-size feldspar and rock fragments along the South Texas Barrier Island, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-44

  McBride, Earle F ^a   Abel Wahab, Antar ^b   McGilvery, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BARRIER ISLANDS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; FELDSPAR; LITHIC GRAIN; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

USA, TEXAS, PADRE ISLAND;

EID: 0030431923     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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