The effect of sea-level and climate change on the development of a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate, deltaic coastline: Suwannee River, Florida, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 621-635

  Wright, Eric E ^a   Hine, Albert C ^b   Goodbred Jr , Steven L ^c   Locker, Stanley D ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LIME; MOLLUSCS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REEFS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SHELLFISH; WETLANDS;

DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; GULF OF MEXICO; LATE PLEISTOCENE; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SIGNIFICANT POINTS; SILICICLASTIC CARBONATES;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EVOLUTION; MARSH; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 27244444328     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.051     Document Type: Article

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