Reconnaissance of historic (post-AD 1000) high-energy deposits along the Atlantic coasts of southwest Britain, Ireland and Brittany, France

Marine Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 207-220

  Haslett, Simon K ^a   Bryant, Edward A ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bristol Channel; Brittany; high energy deposits; Severn Estuary; storm surge; tsunami

Indexed keywords

BRISTOL CHANNEL; HIGH-ENERGY DEPOSITS; STORM SURGE;

DATA ACQUISITION; ESTUARIES; GRAVEL; SEISMOLOGY; STORMS; TSUNAMIS;

SAND;

HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PERTURBATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALTMARSH; SAND AND GRAVEL; SEISMICITY; STORM SURGE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; BRETAGNE; BRISTOL CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SEVERN ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447267251     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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