Formation and preservation of an overstepped segmented lagoon complex on a high-energy continental shelf

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1755-1768

  Green, Andrew N ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^a,b   Leuci, Rio ^c   Thackeray, Zane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Mapping & Surveying   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Incised valleys; Lagoon segmentation; MWP 1B; Overstepping

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INCISED VALLEY; INCISED VALLEY FILL; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTS; MWP 1B; OVERSTEPPING; SEISMIC OBSERVATION;

LAKES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

LANDFORMS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIAGENESIS; INCISED VALLEY; LAGOON; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; MELTWATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHORELINE;

EID: 84888054453     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12054     Document Type: Article

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