11 things a geologist thinks an engineer should know about carbonate beaches

Carbonate Beaches 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1-14

  Halley, Robert B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATES; COMPOSITION; ENGINEERS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEACHROCK EROSION; CARBONATE BEACHES; CARBONATE SANDS; COASTAL CARBONATE DEPOSITS; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BEACHES;

EID: 0034587989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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