Extracting a record of Holocene storm erosion and deposition preserved in the morphostratigraphy of a prograded coastal barrier

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 86, Issue C, 2014, Pages 116-131

  Dougherty, Amy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barrier evolution; Beach ridges; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Paleoenvironments; Sea level; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887296034     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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