Holocene tidal back-barrier development at decelerating sea-level rise: A 5 millennia record, exposed in the western Netherlands

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 117-144

  Beets, Dirk J ^a   De Groot, Thomas A M ^b   Davies, Huw A ^c  

^a Geo Marine Mapping/Coast Department ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Geo Marine Mapping/Coast Department   (Netherlands)

^c SSB   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Barrier lagoon system; Channel levees; Estuaries; Heterolithic inclined stratification; Holocene tidal back barrier deposits; Tidal channels; Tidal fan

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; LEVEE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CHANNEL; TRANSGRESSION;

(WEST); NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0037420876     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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