The west-central Florida inner shelf and coastal system: A geologic conceptual overview and introduction to the special issue

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Hine, A C ^a   Brooks, G R ^b   Davis Jr , R A ^c   Duncan, D S ^c   Locker, S D ^a   Twichell, D C ^d   Gelfenbaum, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedent topography; Barrier islands; Carbonate ramp; Coast inner shelf linkages; Continental shelf; Geologic framework; Sediment starved

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGY;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BARRIER ISLAND; CARBONATE RAMP; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE;

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

EID: 0141634109     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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