Shoreface sand supply and mid- to late Holocene aeolian dune formation on the storm-dominated macrotidal coast of the southern North Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Anthony, Edward J ^a   Mrani Alaoui, Méha ^b   Héquette, Arnaud ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Institut Supérieur du Génie Appliqué IGA   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Aeolian dune; Holocene; Sediment supply; Shoreface; Southern North Sea; Tidal flat; Tide and storm dominated coast

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DUNE; HOLOCENES; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHOREFACE; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; TIDAL-FLAT;

DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SAND;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PEAT; SAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 77956402604     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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