What makes a delta wave-dominated?

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 511-514

  Nienhuis, Jaap H ^a,b   Ashton, Andrew D ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN POPULATION; LAND-USE CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DELTA; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE ACTION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84929621695     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36518.1     Document Type: Article

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