Formation, exposure, and evolution of a high-latitude beachrock in the intertidal zone of the Corrubedo complex (Ria de Arousa, Galicia, NW Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 93-105

  Rey, D ^a   Rubio, B ^a   Bernabeu, A M ^a   Vilas, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamic; Beachrock; Cementation; Galician coast; Island barrier lagoon complex; Petrology; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; CALCITE; CEMENTATION; LATITUDE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; RIA DE AROSA; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3142710911     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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