Recurring assemblages of biogenic and physical sedimentary structures in modern and ancient extreme macrotidal estuaries

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 43, 2004, Pages 4-22

  Archer, Allen W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon River; Bay of Fundy; Bay of Mont Saint Michel; Cook Inlet; Sedimentation rate; Tides

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION;

ALASKA; AMAZON ESTUARY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASSE-NORMANDIE; BAY OF FUNDY; BRAZIL; COOK INLET; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT-SAINT-MICHEL BAY; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALAMITES; LAMIINAE; LYCOPODIUM;

EID: 25144524567     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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