Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic sea-level estimates: Backstripping analysis of borehole data, onshore New Jersey

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-465

  Van Sickel, William A ^a,b   Kominz, Michelle A ^a   Miller, Kenneth G ^c   Browning, James V ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Polaris Energy Inc   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; BOREHOLE; CENOZOIC; COASTAL PLAIN; CRETACEOUS; SEA LEVEL;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11044237892     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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