Identification of a - 15 m middle Wisconsin shoreline on the Texas inner continental shelf

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 25-43

  Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Banfield, Laura A ^b   Taviani, Marco ^c   Abdulah, Ken ^d   Snow, Jennifer N ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto Per la Geologia Marina   (Italy)

^d Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Highstand; Isotope; Sea level; Seismic stratigraphy; Shoreline; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE CHANGE; WISCONSINAN;

UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0034194028     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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