New Jersey oligocene "Icehouse" sequences (ODP Leg 150X) correlated with global δ18O and Exxon eustatic records

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 567-570

  Pekar, Stephen ^a   Miller, Kenneth G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

DEEP SEA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NEW JERSEY; OLIGOCENE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

EUSTACY; GLACIOEUSTACY; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UNCONFORMITY; EUSTATIC CHANGES; GLACIOEUSTASY; MIOCENE; ODP LEG 150; ODP LEG 150X; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY;

ATLANTIC CITY; CAPE MAY COUNTY; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES; CAPE MAY; ISLAND BEACH; USA;

EID: 0029750580     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0567:NJOISO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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