The influence of sea-level changes on tropical coastal lowlands; the Pleistocene Coropina Formation, Suriname

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 125-137

  Wong, Th E ^a   de Kramer, R ^a   de Boer, P L ^a   Langereis, C ^a   Sew A Tjon, J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NV BHP Billiton Maatschappij Suriname   (Suriname)

Author keywords

Cheniers; Palaeomagnetism; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Suriname; Tropical coastal plain

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; CHENIER; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL ZONE; GLACIOEUSTACY; HIATUS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MATUYAMA CHRON; MUDFLAT; PLEISTOCENE; SANDBAR; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

SOUTH AMERICA; SURINAME;

EID: 67349227862     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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