Sedimentary records of intense storms in Holocene barrier sequences, Maine, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 135-148

  Buynevich, Ilya V ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a   Van Heteren, Sytze ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ground penetrating radar; heavy minerals; hurricane; Marsh ridge; Nor'easter; storm scarp; washover

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSITION; SALTMARSH; WETLAND EXPANSION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MAPPING; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344639313     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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