Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin

Copyright © 1981 The International Association of Sedimentologists

Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin

Editor(s): S.-D. Nio, R. T. E. Shüttenhelm, Tj. C. E. Van Weering

Published Online: 29 JUN 2009

Print ISBN: 9780632008582

Online ISBN: 9781444303759

DOI: 10.1002/9781444303759

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      Front Matter (pages I–VII)

    2. Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin: An Introduction (pages 1–3)

      S.-D. Nio, R. T. E. Schüttenhelm and Tj. C. E. Van Weering

    3. Origin and Sequences of Sedimentary Structures in Inshore Mesotidal Deposits of the North Sea (pages 4–26)

      J. H. J. Terwindt

    4. Characteristics of Foreset and Topset Bedding in Megaripples Related to Hydrodynamic Conditions on an Intertidal Shoal (pages 27–37)

      L. H. M. Kohsiek and J. H. J. Terwindt

    5. Berms on an Intertidal Shoal: Shape and Internal Structure (pages 39–49)

      J. R. Boersma and J. H. J. Terwindt

    6. Ripple, Megaripple and Sandwave Bedforms in the Macrotidal Loughor Estuary, South Wales, U.K. (pages 51–64)

      T. Elliott and A. R. Gardiner

    7. Sediment Transport by Tidal Currents and Waves: Observations from a Sandy Intertidal Zone (Burry Inlet, South Wales) (pages 65–80)

      P. A. Carling

    8. Observations of Some Sediment-Transport Processes over Intertidal Flats, the Wash, U.K. (pages 81–98)

      M. B. Collins, C. L. Amos and G. Evans

    9. Contemporary Fluvial Sediment Supply to the Wash (pages 99–110)

      R. D. Wilmot and M. B. Collins

    10. More Skewed against than Skewing (pages 111–121)

      Malcolm W. Clark

    11. Holocene Palaeoenvironments of Broadland, England (pages 123–131)

      Brian P. L. Coles and Brian M. Funnell

    12. Sedimentary Sequences of the Sub-Recent North Sea Coast of the Western Netherlands Near Alkmaar (pages 133–145)

      D. J. Beets, Th. B. Roep and J. De Jong

    13. Rhythmic Seasonal Layering in a Mesotidal Channel Fill Sequence, Oosterschelde Mouth, the Netherlands (pages 147–159)

      Jan H. Van Den Berg

    14. Nearshore Processes and Shoreline Development in St Andrews Bay, Scotland, U.K. (pages 161–174)

      G. Ferentinos and J. McManus

    15. Sand Transport in the Tidal Inlet between Wangerooge and Spiekeroog (W. Germany) (pages 175–185)

      J. Hanisch

    16. Sediment Dispersal in Norderneyer Seegat, West Germany (pages 187–210)

      Dag Nummedal and Shea Penland

    17. New Dates on Holocene Sea-Level Changes in the German Bight (pages 211–219)

      Gerhard Ludwig, Helmut Müller and Hansjörg Streif

    18. Sedimentary Events during Flandrian Sea-Level Rise in the South-West Corner of the North Sea (pages 221–227)

      B. D'Olier

    19. An Early Holocene Tidal Flat in the Southern Bight (pages 229–237)

      D. Eisma, W. G. Mook and C. Laban

    20. Some New Evidence on the Origin of the Zeeland Ridges (pages 239–245)

      Cees Laban and Ruud T. E. Schüttenhelm

    21. Predicted Sand-Wave Formation and Decay on a Large Offshore Tidal-Current Sand-Sheet (pages 247–256)

      Michael A. Johnson, Arthur H. Stride, Robert H. Belderson and Neil H. Kenyon

    22. Offshore Tidal Sand-Banks as Indicators of Net Sand Transport and as Potential Deposits (pages 257–268)

      Neil H. Kenyon, Robert H. Belderson, Arthur H. Stride and Michael A. Johnson

    23. Sediment Transport Measurements in the Sizewell–Banks Area, East Anglia, U.K. (pages 269–281)

      Barbara J. Lees

    24. Sediment Response to Waves and Currents, North Yorkshire Shelf, North Sea (pages 283–301)

      C. F. Jago

    25. Holocene Sedimentation in the North-Western North Sea (pages 303–322)

      Roderick Owens

    26. Interglacial and Holocene Sedimentation in the Northern North Sea: An Example of Eemian Deposits in the Tartan Field (pages 323–334)

      J. H. Fred Jansen and Antoinette M. Hensey

    27. Recent Sediments and Sediment Transport in the Northern North Sea: Surface Sediments of the Skagerrak (pages 335–359)

      Tjeerd C. E. Van Weering

    28. Sediment Transport in the Middle Atlantic Bight of North America: Synopsis of Recent Observations (pages 361–383)

      Donald J. P. Swift, Robert A. Young, Thomas L. Clarke, Christopher E. Vincent, Alan Niedoroda and Barry Lesht

    29. Formation of Storm Deposits by Wind-Forced Currents in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea (pages 385–396)

      Robert A. Morton

    30. Sedimentological and Stratigraphical Studies of Two Cores from the Skagerrak (pages 397–414)

      Per Jørgensen, Helmut Erlenkeuser, Heinz Lange, Jenø Nagy, Jan Rumohr and Friedrich Werner

    31. Supply and Deposition of Suspended Matter in the North Sea (pages 415–428)

      D. Eisma

    32. Pathways of Mud and Particulate Trace Metals from Rivers to the Southern North Sea (pages 429–450)

      W. Salomons and W. D. Eysink

    33. Partition of Fe, Mn, Al, K, Mg, Cu and Zn between Particulate Organic Matter and Minerals, and its Dependence on Total Concentrations of Suspended Matter (pages 451–459)

      Jan C. Duinker

    34. The Entrapment of Pollutants in Norwegian Fjord Sediments—A Beneficial Situation for the North Sea (pages 461–468)

      Jens Skei

    35. Benthonic Foraminiferal Distributions in a Southern Norwegian Fjord System: A Re-Evaluation of Oslo Fjord Data (pages 469–495)

      J. Thiede, G. Qvale, O. Skarboe and J. E. Strand

    36. The Holocene Marine Transgression and its Molluscan Fauna in the Skagerrak–Limfjord Region, Denmark (pages 497–503)

      Kaj Strand Petersen

    37. Rheological Characteristics of Rappahannock Estuary Muds, Southeastern Virginia, U.S.A. (pages 505–515)

      Richard W. Faas

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