Physical stratigraphy of the upper Eocene to quaternary postimpact section in the USGS-NASA Langley core, Hampton, Virginia

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1688, 2006, Pages

  Powars, David S ^a   Bruce, T Scott ^b   Edwards, Lucy E ^a   Gohn, Gregory S ^a   Self Trail, Jean M ^a   Weems, Robert E ^a   Johnson, Gerald H ^c   Smith, Matthew J ^a   McCartan, Colleen T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Virginia Dept of Environ Quality   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BASEMENT ROCK; COASTAL PLAIN; CRATER; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33846818851     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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