Classification of paraglacial barrier systems: Coastal New England, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1083-1108

  Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a   Van Heteren, Sytze ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Holocene indented coasts; Morphostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033490271     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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