Late neogene chronology and sequence stratigraphy of mixed carbonatesiliciclastic deposits of the Cibao Basin, Dominican Republic

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 35-58

  McNeill, Donald F ^a   Klaus, James S ^b   Budd, Ann F ^c   Lutz, Brendan P ^d   Ishman, Scott E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK STEP; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; GEOMETRY CHANGE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; ICE VOLUMES; IN-SITU; LATE MIOCENE; LATE NEOGENE; LITHOFACIES; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; NEARSHORES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLIOCENE; PROGRADATION; PROMINENT FEATURES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF EDGES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GEOMETRY; ISOTOPES; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SILT;

CARBONATE ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; OUTCROP; PLIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSGRESSION;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84859335697     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30391.1     Document Type: Article

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