Beach ridges from the Varanger Peninsula (Arctic Norwegian coast): Characteristics and significance

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 82-92

  Sanjaume, Eulalia ^a   Tolgensbakk, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Climatic changes; Coastal evolution; Isostatic uplift; Norwegian Arctic coast; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; ISOSTASY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SELF ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; VARANGER PENINSULA;

EID: 58249131364     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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