Cold-climate slope deposits and landscape modifications of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, Eastern USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 354, Issue , 2011, Pages 259-276

  Newell, W L ^a   Dejong, B D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; MUD; PALEOCLIMATE; SLOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; UPLAND REGION; WISCONSINAN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY; POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79958777470     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP354.17     Document Type: Article

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