Cyclical evolution of a modern transgressive sand barrier in northwestern Spain elucidated by GPR and aerial photos

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1077-1092

  Costas, Su ^a   Alejo, I ^a   Rial, F ^a   Lorenzo, H ^a   Nombela, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; EVOLUTIONARY TREND; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HISTORICAL EVOLUTIONS; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT STARVATION; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BARRIER ISLAND; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EROSION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750972295     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.094     Document Type: Article

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