Contemporary process controls on the evolution of sedimentary coasts under low to high energy regimes: Western Ireland

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 333-349

  Duffy, M J ^a   Devoy, R J N ^b  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coastal processes; Machair; Saltmarsh accretion; Storms; Tides; Wind wave climate

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; MARSH; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT;

(WEST); IRELAND;

EID: 3342980643     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003619813284     Document Type: Article

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