Title
The bounding-surfaces record of a barrier spit from Huangqihai Lake, North China: implications for coastal barrier boundary hierarchy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Abstract
© 2016, Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology, Science Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Ground-penetrating radar and trenching studies of a barrier spit on the north shore of Huangqihai Lake were made, that reveal important implications for the coastal washover barrier boundary hierarchy and interpretations of this depositional record. A four-fold hierarchy bounding-surface model, representing different levels of impact and genesis, is defined. Each level of the hierarchy is enclosed by a distinct kind of surface characterized by different ground-penetrating radar reflection features, sedimentary characteristics (color, grain size, sorting, rounding and sedimentary structures) and origin. We suggest that this hierarchical model can be applied to any coastal washover barrier deposits.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
First Page
1097
Last Page
1105
Recommended Citation
Shan, X., Yu, X., Clift, P., Wang, T., Tan, C., & Jin, L. (2016). The bounding-surfaces record of a barrier spit from Huangqihai Lake, North China: implications for coastal barrier boundary hierarchy. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 34 (5), 1097-1105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-5138-6