Geological history of Chesapeake Bay, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 641-661

  Hobbs III, Carl H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

SHORELINES; TIDAL INLET;

GEOLOGY;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; RIA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELMARVA PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242344854     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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