Sedimentary architecture of a spit-end (Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts): The imprints of sea-level rise and inlet dynamics

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 203-216

  Costas, Susana ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; GPR; Radar facies; Spit end; Swash bar; Tidal inlet; Updrift shore

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; GPR; RADAR FACIES; SPIT-END; SWASH-BAR; TIDAL INLET; UPDRIFT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; ESTUARIES; RADAR; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL SEDIMENT; FACIES; FILL; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SPIT; TIDAL INLET; WAVE RUNUP;

MASSACHUSETTS; SALISBURY BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957639940     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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