Magnetic mineral transport and sorting in the swash-zone: Northern Lake Erie, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1718-1734

  Gallaway, Eric ^a   Trenhaile, Alan S ^a   Cioppa, Maria T ^a   Hatfield, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaches; Magnetic minerals; Magnetic susceptibility; Placers; Sorting; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SHORE TRANSPORT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLUORESCENT PAINTS; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERALS; HOST MATERIALS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LAKE ERIE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC GRAINS; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; NONMAGNETICS; SWASH ZONE; WAVE CONDITIONS;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MINERALS; PLACERS; QUARTZ; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORTING;

MAGNETISM;

BEACH; CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PLACER DEPOSIT; QUARTZ;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84866467140     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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