Wave-generated tidal bundles as an indicator of wave-dominated tidal flats

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Yang, ByongCheon ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Dalrymple, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Open coast tidal flat; Storm sedimentation; Swash bar; Tidal prism; Wave generated tidal rhythmite

Indexed keywords

OPEN-COAST TIDAL FLAT; SWASH BAR; WAVE-GENERATED TIDAL RHYTHMITE;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTATION; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

TIDES;

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RHYTHMITE; RIPPLE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT; WAVE RUNUP; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 38349054120     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24178A.1     Document Type: Article

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