Ground-penetrating radar study of north Padre Island: Implications for barrier Island internal architecture, model for growth of progradational microtidal barrier Islands, and Gulf of mexico sea-level cyclicity

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-319

  Garrison Jr , James R ^a   Williams, Joshua ^a   Miller, Sara Potter ^a   Weber II, Egon T ^a   McMechan, George ^b   Zeng, Xiaoxian ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; RADAR CROSS SECTION; REFLECTION; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; INTERNAL GEOMETRY; RADAR REFLECTORS; RIO GRANDE RIVER; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL LAGOON; CYCLICITY; DELTA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PROGRADATION; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LAGUNA MADRE [TEXAS]; PADRE ISLAND; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864416946     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.034     Document Type: Article

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