Processes of soft-sediment clast formation in the intertidal zone

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 181, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Formby Point; Intertidal sediments; Ridge and runnel; Sediment intraclast

Indexed keywords

CLAST; COASTAL EROSION; FORMATION MECHANISM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27844580286     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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