Intertidal subsidence and collapse features on wave-exposed, drift-aligned sandy beaches subject to Amazon mud: Cayenne, French Guiana

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1051-1057

  Anthony, Edward J ^a   Dolique, Franck ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon mud banks; Beach profile; French Guiana; Mud sand beach

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EROSION; SAND; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BEACH PROFILE; MUD BANKS; MUD-SAND BEACH; SAND TRANSPORT;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; DEFORMATION; EROSION; SAND; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; MUDBANK; SUBSIDENCE;

CAYENNE; FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746326133     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1361     Document Type: Article

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