Internal structure of a barrier beach as revealed by ground penetrating radar (GPR): Chesil beach, UK

Geomorphology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-229

  Bennett, Matthew R ^a   Cassidy, Nigel J ^b   Pile, Jeremy ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier beaches; Chesil Beach; Ground Penetrating Radar; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PROGRADATION; TRANSGRESSION;

CHESIL BEACH; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 58349093706     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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