On sediment accumulation rates and stratigraphic completeness: Lessons from Holocene ocean margins

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2225-2240

  Sommerfield, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Continental margins; Geochronology; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AMAZONIA; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA SHELF; HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA MONICA BAY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750329103     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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