Radiocarbon dating, chronologic framework, and changes in accumulation rates of holocene estuarine sediments from Chesapeake Bay

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-70

  Colman, Steven M ^a   Baucom, Pattie C ^a   Bratton, John F ^a   Cronin, Thomas M ^a   McGeehin, John P ^a   Willard, Debra ^a   Zimmerman, Andrew R ^b   Vogt, Peter R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuaries; Holocene; Radiocarbon; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0036462229     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2285     Document Type: Article

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