Refining the model of barrier island formation along a paraglacial coast in the Gulf of Maine

Marine Geology

Volumn 307-310, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-57

  Hein, Christopher J ^a   FitzGerald, Duncan M ^a   Carruthers, Emily A ^a,d   Stone, Byron D ^b   Barnhardt, Walter A ^b   Gontz, Allen M ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d Sea Education Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island formation; Ground penetrating radar; Inlet processes; Inlet fill sequence; Paraglacial; Spit accretion

Indexed keywords

BARRIER-ISLAND FORMATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INLET PROCESSES; INLET-FILL SEQUENCE; PARAGLACIAL; SPIT ACCRETION;

DEPOSITS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PARKS; PRISMS; REFINING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

BARRIER ISLAND; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; INFILL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATA; SPIT; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL INLET; WISCONSINAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; PLUM ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84860299317     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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