Sediment sorting and beach erosion along a coastal foreland: Magnetic measurements in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 63-73

  Hatfield, Robert G ^a   Cioppa, Maria T ^a   Trenhaile, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach erosion; Magnetic remanence; Magnetic susceptibility; Placer deposits; Sediment sorting; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH SAND; EASTERN SIDE; FERRIMAGNETIC GRAINS; FINER FRACTIONS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-SITU; LAKE ERIE; MAGHEMITES; MAGNETIC GRAINS; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MULTI DOMAINS; NATIONAL PARKS; ONTARIO , CANADA; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE IDENTIFICATION; SELECTIVE ENTRAINMENT; SORTING PROCESS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON ORES; LAKES; LEAD DEPOSITS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MINERALS; PARKS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLACERS; QUARTZ; REMANENCE; SCREENING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EROSION;

BEACH EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; ENTRAINMENT; FORELAND BASIN; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLACER DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SORTING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77957960756     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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