Postglacial sedimentary record of the Southern California continental shelf and slope, Point Conception to Dana Point

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 454, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-115

  Sommerfield, Christopher K ^a   Lee, Homa J ^b   Normark, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLOODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; GRAIN SIZE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POSTGLACIAL; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

CALIFORNIA; DANA POINT; POINT CONCEPTION; SAN PEDRO BAY; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349095766     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2454(2.5)     Document Type: Article

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