The holocene evolution of the matagorda and lavaca estuary complex, Texas, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 443, Issue , 2008, Pages 105-119

  Maddox, Jessie ^a   Anderson, John B ^a   Milliken, K T ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^b   Dellapenna, Timothy M ^c   Giosan, Liviu ^d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal; Estuary; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

COASTAL; COASTAL BARRIER; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; RADIOCARBON AGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGGRADATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARY; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LITHOFACIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

LAVACA BAY; MATAGORDA BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549172197     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2443(07)     Document Type: Article

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