Sea-level markers identified in ground-penetrating radar data collected across a modern beach ridge system in a microtidal regime

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 474-479

  Nielsen, Lars ^a   Clemmensen, Lars B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; BERM; COASTAL ZONE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES;

ANHOLT; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDTJYLLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71049143176     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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