Shallow stratigraphy and sedimentation history during high-frequency sea-level changes on the central California shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1217-1239

  Grossman, E E ^a   Eittreim, S L ^a   Field, M E ^a   Wong, F L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; California; Holocene; Model; Pleistocene; Sea level; Sediment; Shelf

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSC; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 33745124988     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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