Morphology and internal structure of sand shoals and sandbanks off the Dorset coast, English Channel

Sedimentology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1105-1122

  Bastos, Alex C ^a   Collins, Michael ^a   Kenyon, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English Channel; High resolution seismic; Internal structure; Portland Bill; Sandbanks

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SANDBANK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF PORTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346462845     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2003.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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