Tides, tidalites, and secular changes in the Earth-Moon system

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages

  Coughenour, Christopher L ^a   Archer, Allen W ^b   Lacovara, Kenneth J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intertidal environment; tidal bedding; tidal rhythmites; tides

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DISSIPATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECULAR VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 84855592568     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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