Insights on a proposed mid-Holocene highstand along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico from the evolution of small coastal ponds

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 757-772

  Simms, Alexander R ^a   Aryal, Niranjan ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^b,c   Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki ^b   Dewitt, Regina ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ESTUARIES; LAKES; PONDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

AERIAL PHOTOS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ESTUARINE PROCESS; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; OPEN COMMUNICATION; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; DEFLATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FACIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GULLY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ALGAE;

EID: 70350554492     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.079     Document Type: Article

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