Foraminiferal and sedimentary record of late holocene barrier island evolution, Pea Island, North Carolina: The role of storm overwash, inlet processes, and anthronogenic modification

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 836-846

  Culver, Stephen J ^a   Ames, Dorothea V ^a   Corbett, D Reide ^a   Mallinson, David J ^a   Riggs, Stanley R ^a   Smith, Christopher G ^a   Vance, David J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Foraminifera; Inlets; Overwash

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORM;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PEA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33746784677     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0103.1     Document Type: Article

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