Relict Sediment Deposits In A Major Transgressive Coastal System

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• Personal Author:
  Riggs, Stanley R. ; O'Connor, Michael P.
• Corporate Authors:
  University of North Carolina Sea Grant Program
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NCU (North Carolina Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The objectives of this paper are 1) to examine the occurrence, mode of formation, and geometry of the modern and relict sediments within a major estuary and to identify possible sediment characteristics and trends which could be useful in recognizing relict sediments on the shelf, and 2) to consider a possible relict origin for some of the nearshore shelf features exposed seaward of a transgressing barrier system. The conclusions reached in this paper are based upon detailed sediment studies in the barrier island coastal systems of North Carolina and the Gulf Coast area of Central Florida.
• Keywords:
  Coastal Ecology Marine Sediments Paleontology Coastal Ecology Marine Sediments
• Series:
  Sea Grant publication (Raleigh, N.C.)   UNC-SG-74-04
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NCU-T-74-001
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Funding:
  Grant no. 04-3-158-40
• Place as Subject:
  Atlantic Coast (U.S.) ; Gulf Coast (Fla.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1df672287e3c200b8bd5d4a7675e433959e844436c82fb1d1cc0eabe9417799e
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/44625/noaa_44625_DS1.pdf
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