Lithological control on the elevation of shore platforms in a microtidal setting

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1575-1584

  Kennedy, David M ^a   Dickson, M E ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Concretions; Geology; Joints; Shore platforms

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CASE-HARDENED CONCRETIONS; DIAGENETIC FEATURES; LITHOLOGICAL CONTROL; MICROTIDAL SETTING; SHORE PLATFORMS;

LANDFORMS;

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEDROCK; CLIFF; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONCRETION; ELEVATION; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; SANDSTONE; SHORE PLATFORM;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 33750424974     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1358     Document Type: Article

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