Evolution of an incised valley coastal plain estuary under low sediment supply: A 'give-up' estuary

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 899-916

  Cooper, J Andrew G ^a   Green, Andrew N ^b   Wright, C Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Geoscience Consulting NZ Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barrier; Estuary; Incised valley; Segmentation; South africa; Valley fill

Indexed keywords

BARRIER; CHANNEL FORM; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL PLAIN RIVER; ENERGY CONDITION; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE; HOLOCENES; INCISED VALLEY; INCISED VALLEY FILL; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER VALLEY; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TIDAL INLET; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; VALLEY FILL;

ACCIDENTS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY FILL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84858700983     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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