Late Neogene and Quaternary evolution of the northern Albemarle Embayment (mid-Atlantic continental margin, USA)

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-117

  Mallinson, David ^a   Riggs, Stan ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^b   Culver, Stephen ^a   Farrell, Kathleen ^c   Foster, David S ^b   Corbett, D Reide ^a   Horton, Benjamin ^d   Wehmiller, John F ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c North Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albemarle embayment; Coastal evolution; Estuary; Incised valley fill; Seismic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA; EMBAYMENTS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC SEQUENCES;

CARBON; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARIES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

ALBEMARLE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 18944374550     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.030     Document Type: Article

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