Basal inflection-controlled shelf-edge wedges off New Jersey track sea-level fall

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-432

  Gulick, Sean P S ^a   Goff, John A ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^a   Alexander Jr , Clark R ^b   Nordfjord, Sylvia ^a   Fulthorpe, Craig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clastic wedge; Continental shelf; Passive margin; Regression; Sea level; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURFACES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); SHELF-EDGE WEDGES; TIME-TRANSGRESSIVE SURFACE;

GEOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTACY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARKER BED; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY MARGIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 17844393465     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21310.1     Document Type: Article

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