Onshore record of Hudson River drainage to the continental shelf from the late Miocene through the late Wisconsinan deglaciation, USA: Synthesis and revision

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Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Stanford, Scott D ^a  

^a New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE RETREAT; MIOCENE; MORAINE; PLIOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; WISCONSINAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HUDSON RIVER; HUDSON VALLEY; NEW JERSEY SHELF; UNITED STATES;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 77953879880     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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