Tempestuous highs and lows in the gulf of Mexico

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 751-752

  Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^a   Giosan, Liviu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; LOWSTAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 54949128686     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus092008.1.     Document Type: Article

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