Testing sequence stratigraphic models by drilling Miocene foresets on the New Jersey shallow shelf

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1236-1256

  Miller, Kenneth G ^a   Mountain, Gregory S ^a   Browning, James V ^a   Katz, Miriam E ^b   Monteverde, Donald ^a   Sugarman, Peter J ^a   Ando, Hisao ^c   Bassetti, Maria A ^d   Bjerrum, Christian J ^e   Hodgson, David ^f   Hesselbo, Stephen ^g   Karakaya, Sarp ^a   Proust, Jean Noel ^h   Rabineau, Marina ⁱ  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOFACIES; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; MIOCENE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885123210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00884.1     Document Type: Article

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