Tidal effects on the shoreface: Towards a conceptual framework

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 279, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-61

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   MacEachern, James A ^a   Frey, Shannon E ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beach; Facies models; Ichnology; Sedimentology; Storm dominated; Tides

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ICHNOLOGY; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHOALING WAVES; SHOREFACE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STORM-DOMINATED; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL EFFECTS; TIDAL ENERGY; TIDAL PROCESS; TIDAL RANGES; UNIFORM SEDIMENTS; UPPER SHOREFACE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER DEPTH;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; TIDES;

TIDAL POWER;

BEACH; BIOTURBATION; BREAKING WAVE; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; ICHNOLOGY; MODELING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHOALING WAVE; SHORELINE; STORM; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL RANGE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 84867382437     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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