Micropaleontologic record of Quaternary paleoenvironments in the Central Albemarle Embayment, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 227-249

  Culver, Stephen J ^a   Farrell, Kathleen M ^b   Mallinson, David J ^a   Willard, Debra A ^c   Horton, Benjamin P ^d   Riggs, Stanley R ^a   Thieler, E Robert ^c   Wehmiller, John F ^e   Parham, Peter ^a   Snyder, Scott W ^a   Hillier, Caroline ^f  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f Argus Ecology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Foraminifera; Holocene; Paleoenvironments; Pleistocene; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79955470161     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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