Diagnostic sedimentary structures of the fluvial-tidal transition zone - Evidence from deposits of the Rhine and Meuse

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-306

  van den Berg, J H ^a   Boersma, J R ^a   van Gelder, A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CROSS-BEDDING; DUNE FORMATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; RHINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36048998752     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600077866     Document Type: Article

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