Composition, age, and depositional rates of shoreface deposits under barriers and beach plains of the Columbia River littoral cell, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 62-82

  Peterson, Curt D ^a   Vanderburgh, Sandy ^b   Roberts, Michael C ^c   Jol, Harry M ^d   Phipps, Jim ^e   Twichell, David C ^f  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lethbridge Community College   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^e Grays Harbor College   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation space; Columbia River; Holocene transgression; Littoral cell; Shoreface

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; COLUMBIA RIVER; HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION; LITTORAL CELL; SHOREFACE;

BEACHES; BOREHOLES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITS; FEEDING; GRAVEL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

AUGITE; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEDLOAD; BOREHOLE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FILL; HOLOCENE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; PROVENANCE; RADAR; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSGRESSION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954864618     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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