Aminostratigraphy of surface and subsurface Quaternary sediments, North Carolina coastal plain, USA

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-492

  Wehmiller, J F ^a   Thieler, E R ^b   Miller, D ^a   Pellerito, V ^a   Bakeman Keeney, V ^a   Riggs, S R ^c   Culver, S ^c   Mallinson, D ^c   Farrell, K M ^d   York, L L ^a   Pierson, J ^d   Parham, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d North Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid racemization; Coastal Plain stratigraphy; Geochronology; North Carolina; Quaternary sea level change

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RACEMIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHORELINE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ENGLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

MERCENARIA; MOLLUSCA; MULINIA;

EID: 77955517306     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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