A mechanism for the formation of overconsolidated horizons within estuarine floodplain alluvium: implications for the interpretation of Holocene sea-level curves

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 163, Issue , 1999, Pages 197-215

  Crooks, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033388313     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.163.01.16     Document Type: Article

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