Coastal barriers - Nomenclature, processes, and classification issues

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-52

  Otvos, Ervin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier definition criteria; Basic and functional barrier categories; Estuarine islands; Fetch and energy limitations on barrier islands; Holocene barriers; Quaternary mainland barriers

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; CHENIER; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FETCH; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PARALIC ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84855986239     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.037     Document Type: Review

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