Tidally modulated shorefaces

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 793-807

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^b   MacEachern, James A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; CURRENT RIPPLES; INTERTIDAL ZONES; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHOALING WAVES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; UPPER SHOREFACE; WAVE-DOMINATED;

WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; DEPOSITION; ICHNOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHOALING WAVE; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDE; WAVE RUNUP;

CRUZIANA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 72849118196     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.084     Document Type: Article

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