Formation of 'Beach Rock' at Siesta Key, Florida and its influence on barrier island development

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Spurgeon, Darren ^a,c   Davis Jr , Richard A ^a   Shinnu, Eugene A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Beachrock; Isopachous cement; Syntaxial overgrowths; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CARBONATES; DATA REDUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CARBONATE-CEMENTED SHELLS;

GEOLOGY;

BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH; BEACHROCK; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL; VADOSE ZONE;

FLORIDA; SIESTA KEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141454890     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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