Glacially-influenced late Pleistocene stratigraphy of a passive margin: New Jersey's Record of the North American ice sheet

Marine Geology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 155-173

  Carey, John S ^a   Sheridan, Robert E ^b   Ashley, Gail M ^b   Uptegrove, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial; New Jersey; Pleistocene; Sea level; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ISOTASY; ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE CHRON (MIC); PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; EROSION; ICE; OSCILLATIONS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOSTASY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 20444366606     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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