Development of a cliff-top dune indicated by particle size and geochemical characteristics: Rubjerg Knude, Denmark

Sedimentology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Saye, Samantha E ^a   Pye, Kenneth ^a   Clemmensen, Lars B ^b  

^a Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cliff top dune; Denmark; Geochemistry; Particlesize; Rubjerg Knude; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROVENANCE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33644871112     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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