Updip sequence development on a wave- and current-dominated, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic continental shelf: Paleogene, North Carolina, eastern U.S.A

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-182

  LaGesse, Jenny ^a   Read, J Fred ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nontropical wave dominated; North Carolina; Paleogene; Sequence development

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 30544440387     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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