Facies and architecture of an estuarine tidal bar (the Trompeloup bar, Gironde Estuary, SW France)

Marine Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 149-169

  Fenies, Hugues ^a   Tastet, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a Esso Rep   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Estuarine bay head delta; Estuary; Facies; Holocene; Tidal bar

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FACIES ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 0031734550     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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