Quantification of the effects of eustasy, subsidence, and sediment supply on Miocene sequences, mid-Atlantic margin of the United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 567-588

  Browning, James V ^a   Miller, Kenneth G ^a   McLaughlin, Peter P ^b   Kominz, Michelle A ^c   Sugarman, Peter J ^d   Monteverde, Donald ^d   Feigenson, Mark D ^a   Hernández, John C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware; Eustasy; Miocene; New Jersey; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DELAWARE; EUSTASY; MIOCENE SEQUENCES; NEW JERSEY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EUSTACY; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

DELAWARE; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646785390     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25551.1     Document Type: Article

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