Sedimentology and hydrodynamic implications of a coarse-grained hurricane sequence in a carbonate reef setting

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 839-842

  Spiske, Michaela ^a   Jaffe, Bruce E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; CARBONATE REEF; COARSE-GRAINED; NETHERLANDS; RETURN FLOW; SHAPING PROCESS; STORM SURGES; TIME-DEPENDENT; TYPICAL SEQUENCES;

DEPOSITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HURRICANES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; FLOW VELOCITY; HURRICANE EVENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMBRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REEF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORM SURGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BONAIRE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 70349123447     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30173A.1     Document Type: Article

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