Transgressive systems tract of a ria-type estuary: The late holocene vilaine river drowned valley (france)

Marine Geology

Volumn 337, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-155

  Traini, C ^a   Menier, D ^a,b   Proust, J N ^a   Sorrel, P ^c  

^a University of Western Brittany   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic coast; Chirp; Estuary; Holocene; Sea level; Sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; CHIRP; ESTUARINE GEOMORPHOLOGIES; HOLOCENES; HYDRODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TIDE-DOMINATED ESTUARIES; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

DEPOSITS; ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDES;

RIVERS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BEDROCK; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FACIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILL; RIA; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR ZONE; TIDAL RANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; BRETAGNE; FRANCE; VILAINE RIVER;

EID: 84877656276     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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