Pleistocene carbonate stratigraphy of South Florida: Evidence for high-frequency sea-level cyclicity

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 605-614

  Hickey, Todd D ^a   Hine, Albert C ^b   Shinn, Eugene A ^b   Kruse, Sarah E ^c   Poore, Richard Z ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbonate accumulation; paleodepositional environments; Pleistocene accumulation chronology; sea level cyclicity; soilstone crusts; South Florida chronostratigraphy; South Florida lithostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBONATE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CORAL; CYCLICITY; GLACIOEUSTACY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SUBAERIAL EXPOSURE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77954584277     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00052.1     Document Type: Article

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