Late Cretaceous to Miocene sea-level estimates from the New Jersey and Delaware coastal plain coreholes: An error analysis

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-226

  Kominz, Michelle A ^a   Browning, J V ^b   Miller, K G ^b   Sugarman, P J ^c   Mizintseva, S ^a   Scotese, C R ^d  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; CORE ANALYSIS; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; UNCONFORMITY;

DELAWARE; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649200419     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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