Sediment transport on the Freiston Shore managed realignment site: An investigation using environmental magnetism

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 241-255

  Rotman, Robin ^a   Naylor, Larissa ^a,b,c   McDonnell, Rachael ^a   MacNiocaill, Conall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Managed realignment; Saltmarsh; Sediment fingerprinting; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL ZONE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PROVENANCE; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949104042     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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