Facies architecture of the mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner continental shelf of west-central Florida: Implications for Holocene barrier development

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 325-349

  Brooks, Gregg R ^a   Doyle, Larry J ^b   Suthard, Beau C ^b   Locker, Stan D ^b   Hine, Albert C ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene stratigraphy; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic; Sediment starved; Shallow marine facies; Transgressive sequences; West Florida shelf

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COASTAL ZONES; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT VIBRACORES;

GEOLOGY;

BARRIER ISLAND; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

FLORIDA; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141634107     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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