Postglacial geomorphic evolution of a segment of Cape Cod Bay and adjacent Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1085-1106

  Uchupi, Elazar ^a   Giese, Graham ^a   Driscoll, Neal ^a,b   Aubrey, D G ^a,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Aubrey Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene transgression; Late Wisconsin regression; Nearshore sediments; Nearshore topography; Provincetown Hook

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; POSTGLACIAL; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CAPE COD BAY; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744536435     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-765A.1     Document Type: Article

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