Origin of modern quartzarenite beach sands in a temperate climate, Florida and Alabama, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 432-445

  Mehring, Joseph L ^a,b   McBride, Earle F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Devon Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Provenance; Quartzarenite; River sand; Roundness

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; PROVENANCE; QUARTZ; SAND;

ALABAMA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848909573     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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