A new depositional model for the buried 4000 yr BP New Orleans barrier: Implications for sea-level fluctuations and onshore transport from a nearshore shelf source

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 215-234

  Stapor Jr , Frank W ^a   Stone, Gregory W ^b  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Holocene sea level fluctuations; Palimpsest; Radiocarbon dating; Shelf sediment source, Louisiana; Shore normal

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; DEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS;

NEARSHORE SEDIMENT SOURCE; SHOAL DEPOSITS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BARRIER ISLAND; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242344735     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00350-5     Document Type: Article

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