Stratigraphic models for microtidal tidal deltas; examples from the Florida Gulf coast

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 49-60

  Davis Jr , Richard A ^a   Cuffe, C Kelly ^b   Kowalski, Katherine A ^a   Shock, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b California Coastal Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebb tidal delta; Fining upward sequences; Flood tidal delta; Hurricane; Lithofacies; Microtidal

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; QUARTZ; TIDES;

TIDAL DELTAS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL INLET;

FLORIDA; GULF COAST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141454886     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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