Sand ridges off Sarasota, Florida: A complex facies boundary on a low-energy inner shelf environment

Marine Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 243-262

  Twichell, David ^a   Brooks, Gregg ^b   Gelfenbaum, Guy ^c   Paskevich, Valerie ^a   Donahue, Brian ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Inner shelf; Sand ridge; Sedimentology; West Florida shelf

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

SAND RIDGES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; SAND RIDGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHELF SEDIMENT; SONAR IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY;

FLORIDA; SARASOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141789738     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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