Autocyclic erosion in tidal marshes

Geomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Singh Chauhan, Poornendu P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Cycles; Holocene; Intertidal zonation; Morphodynamics; Terraces

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CYCLICITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOLOCENE; MORPHODYNAMICS; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDAL CHANNEL; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67651111925     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.016     Document Type: Review

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