Buried sandbodies within present-day estuaries (Atlantic coast of France) revealed by very high resolution seismic surveys

Marine Geology

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 189-214

  Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Tessier, Bernadette ^b   Weber, Nicolas ^a,c   Tesson, Michel ^d   Bertin, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c EPSHOM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

estuaries; mud drape; sandbodies; very high resolution seismic surveys

Indexed keywords

MACROTIDAL BAYS; SANDBANKS; SANDWAVES; SEISMIC PROFILERS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION (VHR);

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND; SEISMOLOGY;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MANAGEMENT; SANDBANK; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5544233848     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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