OSL-based lateral progradation and aeolian sediment accumulation rates for the Apalachicola Barrier Island Complex, North Gulf of Mexico, Florida

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 330-342

  Rink, W J ^a   Lopez G I ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian sedimentation rate; Beach ridge; Geochronology; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Progradation rate; Quartz

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BARRIER ISLAND; BEACH RIDGE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROGRADATION; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIGRAPHY;

APALACHICOLA BAY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA PANHANDLE; GULF OF MEXICO; LITTLE SAINT GEORGE ISLAND; SAINT JOSEPH BAY; SAINT JOSEPH PENINSULA STATE PARK; SAINT VINCENT ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956885613     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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