Lithofacies and depositional environments of the Pliocene Citronelle Formation, Gulf of Mexico coastal plain

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-20

  Otvos, Ervin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; LITHOFACIES; PLIOCENE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 4644292356     PISSN: 00383678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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