Interplay of late Cenozoic siliciclastic supply and carbonate response on the southeast Florida platform

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-46

  Cunningham, Kevin J ^a   Locker, Stanley D ^b   Hine, Albert C ^b   Bukry, David ^c   Barron, John A ^c   Guertin, Laura A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOZOIC; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; DELTA; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DEPOSITION;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CARBONATE SEDIMENTATIONS; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; PALEOBATHYMETRY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES;

CARBONATION;

EID: 0037281886     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/062402730031     Document Type: Article

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