Cliff-top storm deposits on Banneg Island, Brittany, France: Effects of giant waves in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 12-28

  Suanez, Serge ^a   Fichaut, Bernard ^a   Magne, Rudy ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b SHOM (SHOM/HOM/REC Vagues et domaine littoral)   (France)

Author keywords

Brittany; Cliff top storm deposits; France; Giant waves; Imbricate boulders; Storms

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BOULDER; CLIFF; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; OCEAN WAVE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVE RUNUP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69349094636     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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