Wave and sediment dynamics along a shallow subtidal sandy beach inhabited by modern stromatolites

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Eckman, J E ^c   Andres, M S ^a,d   Marinelli, R L ^b,e   Bowlin, E ^d   Reid, R P ^d   Aspden, R J ^f   Paterson, D M ^f  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ISLAND; REEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHALLOW WATER; STROMATOLITE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FORCE; WAVE VELOCITY; WIND FORCING;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; FOSSIL; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WIND;

BAHAMAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HIGHBORNE CAY;

EID: 37549023032     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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