Stratigraphic records and variability of Incised valleys and estuaries along French coasts

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Tessier, Bernadette ^b   Reynaud, Jean Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Estuaries; French coasts; Incised valley; Pleistocene holocene; Sediment infill; Seismic; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCISED VALLEY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FRANCE;

EID: 77951650965     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.181.2.75     Document Type: Article

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