Sequence boundaries are impedance contrasts: Core-seismic-log integration of Oligocene-Miocene sequences, New Jersey shallow shelf

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1257-1285

  Miller, Kenneth G ^a   Browning, James V ^a   Mountain, Gregory S ^a   Bassetti, Maria A ^b   Monteverde, Donald ^a,c   Katz, Miriam E ^d   Inwood, Jenny ^e   Lofi, Johanna ^f   Proust, Jean Noel ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c New Jersey Geological Survey   (United States)

^d Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOGRAM; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEA;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885091669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00858.1     Document Type: Article

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