Recognition and hydrologic significance of passive-margin updip sequences: an example from eocene coastal-plain deposits, u.s.a

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1290-1301

  Castle, James W ^a,b   Miller, Russell B ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kestrel Management Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; SCOUR; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL OBSERVATION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION; THIRD-ORDER SEQUENCES;

SEA LEVEL;

AQUIFER; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; EOCENE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034489855     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/032300701290     Document Type: Article

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