Beach ridges - definitions and significance

Geomorphology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 83-108

  Otvos, Ervin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach ridge categories; Cheniers; Foredunes; Sea level; Shore progradation; Strandplains

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL LANDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0034016746     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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