Rates of sediment supply and sea-level rise in a large coastal lagoon

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-284

  Morton, R A ^a   Ward, G H ^b   White, W A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Sediment budget; Sediment supply; Submergence; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; LAGOON; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES;

COASTAL LAGOON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034661824     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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