Assessment of temporal changes in coastal sand dune environments using the log-hyperbolic grain-size method

Sedimentology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1229-1252

  Knight, Jasper ^a   Orford, Julian D ^b   Wilson, Peter ^a   Braley, Sharon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal sand dunes; Little Ice Age; Log hyperbolic distribution; Northumberland; Storms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; DUNE; GRAIN SIZE; LITTLE ICE AGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORM SURGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ENGLAND (NORTHUMBERLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036921764     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2002.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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