Reactivation of coastal dunes documented by subsurface imaging of the great dune ridge, Lithuania

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 226-230

  Buynevich, I ^a   Bitinas, A ^b   Pupienis, D ^b,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Geological Survey of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Curonian Spit; GPR; Medieval; Reflection geometry; Slipface; Truncation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649094083     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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