The offshore Quaternary sediment bodies of the English Channel and its Western Approaches

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 361-371

  Reynaud, Jean Yves ^a   Tessier, Bernadette ^b   Auffret, Jean Paul ^b   Berné, Serge ^c   De Batist, Marc ^d   Marsset, Tania ^c   Walker, Patrice ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e CREOCEAN   (France)

Author keywords

Banks; Continental shelf; English Channel; Quaternary; Tidal

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 0037482067     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.758     Document Type: Article

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