The role of glacio-eustasy in sequence formation: Mid-Atlantic Continental Margin, USA

Marine Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 31-47

  McHugh, Cecilia M ^a,b   Hartin, Corinne A ^a,c   Mountain, Gregory S ^b,d   Gould, Helene M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hudson Canyon; Hudson Shelf Valley; Last Glacial Maximum; Mid Atlantic Continental Margin; Paleoshoreline; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HUDSON CANYON; HUDSON SHELF VALLEY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOSHORELINE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; GLACIOEUSTACY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOLLUSC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHORELINE; UNCONFORMITY; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957704036     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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