Sea-level control of new jersey margin architecture: Palynological evidence from integrated ocean drilling program expedition 313

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1457-1487

  McCarthy, Francine M G ^a   Katz, Miriam E ^b   Kotthoff, Ulrich ^c   Browning, James V ^d   Miller, Kenneth G ^d   Zanatta, Ryan ^a   Williams, Ross H ^b   Drljepan, Matea ^a   Hesselbo, Stephen P ^e   Bjerrum, Christian J ^f   Mountain, Gregory S ^d  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f Nordic Center for Earth Evolution   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; OXIDATION RESISTANT; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA-LEVEL CONTROL; SEQUENCE-BOUNDING UNCONFORMITIES;

ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEA LEVEL;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIOEUSTACY; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NEW JERSEY MARGIN; NEW JERSEY SHELF;

EID: 84889679284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00853.1     Document Type: Article

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