The Stellwagen Bank region off eastern Massachusetts: A Wisconsin glaciated Cenozoic sand banks/delta?

Marine Geology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 325-347

  Uchupi, Elazar ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Plain erosional remnants; Eocene sand banks delta; Subglacial tunnel valleys; Wisconsin subglacial tectonism

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL EROSION; MARINE PROCESSES;

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SAND;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; SANDBANK; WISCONSINAN;

MASSACHUSETTS; MASSACHUSETTS BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842590407     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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