Geologic evolution of the Gulf of Maine region

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 27-76

  Uchupi, Elazar ^a   Bolmer, S T ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Georges Bank; Gulf of Maine; Mesozoic carbonate banks; Paleozoic Mesozoic rift basins; Pleistocene glaciations; Tertiary fluvial erosion

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EXHUMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; LINEATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; REEF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEORGES BANK; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 57049151206     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.09.002     Document Type: Review

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