Statistical analysis of the temporal and spatial controls on tidal signal preservation in late-Holocene tidal rhythmites, Romney Marsh, Southeast England

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 957-976

  Stupples, P ^a   Plater, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal change; Dungeness; Late Holocene; Romney Marsh; Tidal rhythmites

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; EMPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; RHYTHMITE; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

DUNGENESS; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; ROMNEY MARSH; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548736486     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0134-2     Document Type: Article

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