Development of small carbonate banks on the south Florida platform margin: Response to sea level and climate change

Marine Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-63

  Mallinson, David ^a   Hine, Albert ^b   Hallock, Pamela ^b   Locker, Stanley ^b   Shinn, Eugene ^c   Naar, David ^b   Donahue, Brian ^b   Weaver, Douglas ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate bank; Coral reef growth; Dry Tortugas; Florida Keys; Holocene climate; Multibeam bathymetry; Reefs

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE BANKS; PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041488456     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00141-5     Document Type: Article

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