A synthesis of early and middle holocene coastal changes in the western Belgian lowlands;Vroeg en midden holocene kustevolutie van de westelijke belgische kustvlakte - een synthese

BELGEO

Volumn , Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-108

  Baeteman, Cecile ^a   Declercq, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D terrain model; Coastal plain development; Palaeogeography; Pre Holocene surface; Radiocarbon dates; Relative sea level rise; Tidal environment

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL PLAIN; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0141994476     PISSN: 13772368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/belgeo.15994     Document Type: Article

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