Shallow marine margin sediments, modern marine erosion and the fate of sequence boundaries, Georgia Bight (USA)

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Garrison, Ervan G ^a   McFall, Greg ^b   Noakes, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHIFICATION; LITHOFACIES; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GEORGIA BIGHT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43349106047     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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