Significance of active growth faulting on marsh accretion processes in the lower Pearl River, Louisiana

Geomorphology

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-143

  Yeager, Kevin M ^a   Brunner, Charlotte A ^b   Kulp, Mark A ^c   Fischer, Dane ^d   Feagin, Rusty A ^e   Schindler, Kimberly J ^a   Prouhet, Jeremiah ^b   Bera, Gopal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d EQT Corporation   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Growth fault; Lithostratigraphy; Marsh; Radionuclides; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCUMULATION RATE; ACTIVE FAULT; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FAULT PLANE; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; FOLDING; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARSH; NEOTECTONICS; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEA LEVEL; SLIP RATE;

LOUISIANA; PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84859421481     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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