Middle to late Holocene coastal evolution along the south coast of Upolu Island, Samoa

Marine Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Goodwin, Ian D ^a   Grossman, Eric E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Coastal evolution; Late Holocene; Samoa; Sea level

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

HOLOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA;

EID: 0344946240     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00284-6     Document Type: Article

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