Facies and geometry of tidal channel-fill deposits (Arcachon Lagoon, SW France)

Marine Geology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 131-148

  Fenies, Hugues ^a   Faugères, Jean Claude ^b  

^a Esso Rep   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Facies; Holocene; Lagoon; Tidal channels

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; LAGOON; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL CHANNEL;

EID: 0344157855     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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