Effects of relative sea level change on the depositional character of an embayed beach, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Marine Geology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 143-161

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   White, Richardo O ^b   Butler, Karl E ^b   Gingras, Murray K ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; beach; embayment; ichnology; sedimentology; seismic profiling; sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BAY OF FUNDY; EMBAYMENT; ICHNOLOGY; SEISMIC PROFILING; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; MAPPING; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEA LEVEL;

BEACH; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICHNOLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; REWORKING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WATERSIDE BEACH;

EID: 33947620007     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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