A new GIS approach for reconstructing and mapping dynamic late Holocene coastal plain palaeogeography

Geomorphology

Volumn 270, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-70

  Pierik, H J ^a   Cohen, K M ^a,b,c   Stouthamer, E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal plain; Geomorphology; GIS; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL PLAIN; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA COAST [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84978245320     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.037     Document Type: Article

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