Validity of sea-level indicators: A comment on "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" by F.W. Stapor and G.W. Stone [Marine Geology 204 (2004) 215-234]

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 177-187

  Otvos, Ervin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Delta; Hardground evaluation; Holocene; Marine highstands; Numerical dating; Sea level oscillation; Strandplain

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ONSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA-LEVEL CURVES;

SEA LEVEL;

HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 18844405940     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.004     Document Type: Note

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