Across-shelf sediment transport since the Last Glacial Maximum, southern California margin

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 345-348

  Sommerfield, Christopher K ^a   Lee, Homa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base level; California; Continental margin sedimentation; Last Glacial Maximum; Santa Monica Bay

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SHELF-SLOPE;

DRILLING; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042427893     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20182.2     Document Type: Article

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