Regional seismic stratigraphy and controls on the Quaternary evolution of the Cape Hatteras region of the Atlantic passive margin, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 16-33

  Mallinson, David J ^a   Culver, Stephen J ^a   Riggs, Stanley R ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^b   Foster, David ^b   Wehmiller, John ^c   Farrell, Kathleen M ^d   Pierson, Jessica ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d North Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antecedent topography; coastal stratigraphy; Quaternary; seismic stratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; ANTECEDENT TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC CONTROL; HATTERAS; HIGH AMPLITUDES; HIGH CAPACITY; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; ISOTOPE AGE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE FLOODING; NORTH CAROLINA; PARASEQUENCE; PLEISTOCENE; POINT SOURCES; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY EVOLUTION; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEISMOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRONTIUM;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGGRADATION; AMINO ACID; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARASEQUENCE; PROGRADATION; QUATERNARY; RACEMIZATION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CAPE HATTERAS; HATTERAS ISLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649090287     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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