Rapid coastal change during the mid- to late Holocene: The record of barrier estuary sedimentation in the Romney Marsh region, southeast England

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-163

  Spencer, C D ^a   Plater, A J ^a   Long, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dungeness; Gravel barrier; Holocene; Micropalaeontology; Morphostratigraphy; Romney Marsh; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031942105     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398673197622     Document Type: Article

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