Shallowly buried, enigmatic seismic stratigraphy on the New Jersey outer shelf: Evidence for latest Pleistocene catastrophic erosion?

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1013-1016

  Fulthorpe, Craig S ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Deglaciation; Facies; New Jersey; Sea level; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EROSION; PERIGLACIAL SHELVES; SEA FLOOR; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEGLACIATIONS; FACIES; NEW JERSEY; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

DAMS; EROSION; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITION;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; EROSION; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIOEUSTACY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; FACIES; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL LAKE; PRESERVATION; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY SHELF; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11044224068     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20822.1     Document Type: Article

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