Geological impacts on coastal wetland landscapes: Some general effects of sediment autocompaction in the Holocene of northwest Europe

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Allen, J R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocompaction; Coastal marshes; Deformation; Holocene; Landscape; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; COMPACTION; HOLOCENE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032958896     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399674929672     Document Type: Article

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