Sediment-starved sand ridges on a mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner shelf off west-central Florida

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 171-194

  Harrison, S E ^a   Locker, S D ^a   Hine, A C ^a   Edwards, J H ^a   Naar, D F ^a   Twichell, D C ^b   Mallinson, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Inner shelf; Mixed carbonate siliciclastic; Sand ridges; Side scan mosaics; West central Florida shelf

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER;

SAND RIDGES;

GEOLOGY;

BEDFORM; CARBONATE; SAND RIDGE; SHELF DYNAMICS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

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

EID: 0141746136     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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