Development of spit-lagoon complexes in response to Little Ice Age rapid sea-level changes in the central Guilan coast, South Caspian Sea, Iran

Geomorphology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-26

  Naderi Beni, A ^a   Lahijani, H ^b   Moussavi Harami, R ^a   Leroy, S A G ^c   Shah Hosseini, M ^b   Kabiri, K ^b,d   Tavakoli, V ^e  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b Iranian National Institute for Oceanography INIO   (Iran)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Coastal evolution; Little Ice Age; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LITTLE ICE AGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPIT;

CASPIAN SEA; GILAN; IRAN;

EID: 84875496376     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.11.026     Document Type: Article

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