Salt marsh sedimentation over the past c. 120 years along the west Cotentin coast of Normandy (France): Relationship to sea-level rise and sediment supply

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 609-620

  Haslett, S K ^a   Cundy, A B ^b   Davies, C F C ^a   Powell, E S ^a   Croudace, I W ^c  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

210Lead and 137Cs dating; Chemostratigraphy; Foraminifera; Normandy; Salt marsh; Sediment accretion

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; FORAMINIFERA; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

FRANCE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0041925221     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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