The structural and sedimentological controls on the reoccupation of quaternary incised valleys, Belize southern lagoon

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2075-2109

  Esker, Dominic ^b   Eberli, Gregor P ^b   McNeill, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY INCISED VALLEYS; REOCCUPATION; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONTROLS;

REEFS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

INCISED VALLEY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VALLEY FILL;

BELIZE;

EID: 0032216212     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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