Late Quaternary sequence stratigraphy of a slowly subsiding passive margin, New Jersey continental shelf

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 5 A, 1998, Pages 773-791

  Carey, John S ^a   Sheridan, R E ^b   Ashley, G M ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGINS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUSTASY; PASSIVE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0032075879     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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