Fluviodeltaic response to sea level perturbations: Amplitude and timing of shoreline translation and coastal onlap

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Swenson, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; EUSTACY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIVER SYSTEM; SHORELINE CHANGE;

EID: 31544459064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000208     Document Type: Article

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