Sea-level, topographical and sediment supply controls on Holocene sediment composition in the Humber Estuary, UK

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1841, 2006, Pages 993-1008

  Rees, John G ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain size; Holocene; Humber; Organic content; Sea level; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CHANNEL FORM; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; HUMBER; ORGANIC CONTENT; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SPACE AND TIME; TIME-SCALES;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 33645638204     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1750     Document Type: Article

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