A sediment record of barrier estuary behaviour at the mesoscale: Interpreting high-resolution particle size analysis

Geomorphology

Volumn 221, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-68

  Clarke, David W ^a   Boyle, John F ^a   Chiverrell, Richard C ^a   Lario, Javier ^b   Plater, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrier estuary; Barrier regime; Coastal resilience; Mesoscale; Particle size distribution curves (PSDCs); Particle size windows (PSWs)

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; PESCADERO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902982924     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.05.029     Document Type: Article

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