Control of alongshore-oriented sand spits on the dynamics of a wave-dominated coastal system (Holocene deposits, northern Gulf of Lions, France)

Marine Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 242-257

  Raynal, Olivier ^a   Bouchette, Frédéric ^a   Certain, Raphaël ^b   Séranne, Michel ^a   Dezileau, Laurent ^a   Sabatier, Pierre ^a   Lofi, Johanna ^a   Hy, Anna Bui Xuan ^c   Briqueu, Louis ^a   Pezard, Philippe ^a   Tessier, Bernadette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

alongshore drift; coastal tract; deglacial deposits; Gulf of Lions; sand spit; transgression

Indexed keywords

ALONGSHORE DRIFT; COASTAL TRACT; DEGLACIAL DEPOSITS; GULF OF LIONS; TRANSGRESSION;

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

EROSION;

BEACH; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DENUDATION; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; MORPHODYNAMICS; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; TRANSITION ZONE; WATERSHED;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67650726257     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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