Late Holocene chronology, origin, and evolution of the St. Bernard Shoals, Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 379-394

  Rogers, Bryan E ^a   Kulp, Mark A ^a   Miner, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; HOLOCENES; LATE HOLOCENE; LOUISIANA; MARINE SANDS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SAND BODY; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SHALLOW SEISMIC; SHOREFACE; STUDY AREAS;

DEPOSITS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SANDBAR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHORELINE CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 71149092680     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0162-6     Document Type: Article

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