Chevrons - Enigmatic sedimentary coastal features

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-402

  Scheffers, A ^a   Kelletat, D ^b   Scheffers, S R ^c   Abbott, D H ^d   Bryant, E A ^e  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHORELINE; TSUNAMI; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 53849132064     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2008/0052-0375     Document Type: Article

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