Abstract
The Holocene coastal plain of French Guiana is an open chenier plain. The shoreline is characterized by vast migrating shoreface-attached mudbanks. Cheniers develop within the interbank zone. These sandbodies, which rest on the Demerara marine clays, have also been observed in the inner parts of the coastal plain. This paper deals with the coastal area between Mahuri and the Maroni Rivers in French Guiana. An overview of the present state of knowledge regarding the coastal research in this area is given, and based on new evidence the problem of the provenance of the sandy accumulations will be discussed and further defined.
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