Hardbottom development and significance to the sediment-starved west-central Florida inner continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 291-306

  Obrochta, Stephen P ^a   Duncan, David S ^b   Brooks, Gregg R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate diagenesis; Carbonate petrology; Dolomitization; Hardbottoms; Shallow water carbonates

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; DEPOSITION; EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SHELF EVOLUTION;

GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITIZATION; PETROLOGY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SHELF SEDIMENT; TERTIARY;

FLORIDA SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0141746135     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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