Rapid Mud accumulation on the central Texas shelf linked to climate change and sea-level rise

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 743-761

  Weight, Robert W R ^a   Anderson, John B ^b   Fernandez, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a Exploration Asia   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION; HOLOCENE; MINERALOGY; MUD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; TEXAS SHELF; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82155199403     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.57     Document Type: Article

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