Stratigraphy of back-barrier coastal dunes, Northern North Carolina and Southern Virginia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 980-999

  Havholm, K G ^a   Ames, D V ^b   Whittecar, G R ^c   Wenell, B A ^a,e   Riggs, S R ^b   Jol, H M ^a   Berger, G W ^d   Holmes, M A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Arizona Dept of Water Resources ^*  (United States)

^f Hydrology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal dune; Dune reactivation; Dune stabilization; Ground penetrating radar; Little Ice Age; Luminescence dating; Paleosol; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9444244527     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03503a2.1     Document Type: Article

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