Aeolian and overwash sediment transport across a low barrier spit, southeastern Canadian Beaufort Sea

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-365

  Cloutier, Michel ^b   Héquette, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH PROFILE; EOLIAN PROCESS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPIT;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0344609733     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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