Holocene sedimentary infilling of a tide-dominated estuarine mouth. The example of the macrotidal Seine estuary (nw france)

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-98

  Tessier, Bernadette ^a   Delsinne, Nicolas ^a,b   Sorrel, Philippe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CEMEX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Cores; Holocene; Incised valley infilling tide dominated estuary; Seine; Very high resolution seismic

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; ESTUARY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; INFILL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TIMESCALE; TRANSGRESSION;

FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY;

EID: 77951639203     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.2.87     Document Type: Article

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