Internal architecture of mixed sand-and-gravel beach ridges : Miquelon-Langlade Barrier, NW Atlantic

• Main Author: Billy, Julie
• Other Authors: Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens (CEFREM), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Perpignan, Serge Berné, Nicolas Robin, Raphaël Certain
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Composite Barrier; Beach ridges; Paraglacial coast; Geomorphology; Internal architecture; Relative sea-level variation; Ground-Penetrating Radar; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; High resolution seismic profiling; Barrière composite; Côte paraglaciaire; Géomorphologie; Architecture interne; Variation du niveau marin relatif; Géo-radar; Datation OSL; Sismique haute résolution; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Rendu; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01149413; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01149413/document; https://theses.hal.science/tel-01149413/file/These_BILLY_Julie_2014_V2_UPVD.pdf

The purpose of this PhD thesis was to define a complete and continuous sea-land-sea view of a paraglacial coastal barrier system, combining morphological and architectural approaches. Particularity of the Miquelon-Langlade isthmus (NO Atlantic) lies in its diversity and complexity of systems (spits,...