Micro-craters in muddy tidal flats of cold regions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3825830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Claude Dionne, Jean‐claude Dionne (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 39 |
| Pages | 495-498 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers de géographie du Québec (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-9766 • E-ISSN: 1708-8968 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/021088ar |
| OpenAlex | W2122962799 |
| Language | EN |
Meltwaters dripping from overhanging ice cakes, stranded at low tide on muddy tidal flats of the St.Lawrence Estuary, near Québec City, cause micro-craters to form on soft mud and silty-sand sediments. The shallow depressions are circular, symmetrical, and with rims a few mm high, some have a tiny hole centered in the bottom. Craters range from 7 to 15 cm in diameter, and 20 to 50 mm in depth ; they characterize tidal flats of cold regions
Astrobiology · Estuary · Geomorphology · Impact crater · Sediment · Tidal flat · Tidal range · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Oceanography
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |