The generation and preservation of multiple hurricane beds in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Marine Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 79-105

  Keen, Timothy R ^a   Bentley, Samuel J ^b   Chad Vaughan, W ^a   Blain, Cheryl Ann ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

event beds; geochronology; Gulf of Mexico; hurricanes; numerical models

Indexed keywords

GRANULOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS;

CESIUM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SENSORS; STRATIGRAPHY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

HURRICANES;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; HURRICANE; STORM DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 4344576643     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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