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Preservation potential of transgressive coastal lithosomes on the U.S. Atlantic shelf
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In this paper, a relative sea-level curve for Delaware, obtained from radiocarbon dates on basal peats, rises smoothly from 25 m below present sea level 10,000 years B.P.About:
This article is published in Marine Geology.The article was published on 1981-07-01. It has received 158 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Continental shelf & Marine transgression.read more
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Transgressive deposits: a review of their variability
Antonio Cattaneo,Ronald J. Steel +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a classification of transgressive seafloor facies is proposed based on the recognition of distinctive surfaces (wave and tidal ravinement surfaces, transgressive surface) within the transgressive lithosome.
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Influence of antecedent geology on stratigraphic preservation potential and evolution of Delaware's barrier systems
Daniel F. Belknap,John C. Kraft +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the pre-Holocene surface is an erosional trellis-dendritic drainage system of tributaries to the ancestral Delaware River, cut during a time of lower Pleistocene sea level and increased flow, enhanced by glacial meltwater.
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Origin, evolution, and distribution of shoreface sand ridges, Atlantic inner shelf, U.S.A.
TL;DR: A computer mapping system was employed to document the location of 259 shoreface-attached and detached sand ridges along U.S. Atlantic barrier island and cape coastlines as mentioned in this paper.
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A Sharp-Based Sandstone of the Viking Formation, Joffre Field, Alberta, Canada: Criteria for Recognition of Transgressively Incised Shoreface Complexes
TL;DR: In this article, the erosional component of the basal discontinuity of the Viking Formation is defined as a boundary that was transgressively modified during subsequent relative sea-level rise, and is commonly demarcated by Glossifungites ichnofacies.
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Coastal dynamics under conditions of rapid sea-level rise: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene evolution of barrier–lagoon systems on the northern Adriatic shelf (Italy)
TL;DR: In this paper, a multidisciplinary case study of two preserved barrier systems combined the analysis of radiocarbon datings, grain-size distributions, high-resolution seismics, and shelf bathymetry with reconstructions of palaeo-environmental conditions (tides, waves, sea-level change) and forward modelling of barrier-lagoon systems, to provide an integrated view of the coastal transgressive evolution of a large sector of the northern Adriatic shelf between 15 and 8 ka BP.
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Sea level rise as a cause of shore erosion
TL;DR: It is established fact that sea level is rising slowly and irregularly; also, it seems to be true that erosion on most seashores built up of alluvial materials greatly exceeds accretion; relationship between rise of sea level and erosion as discussed by the authors.
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Sea Levels during the Past 35,000 Years.
John D. Milliman,K. O. Emery +1 more
TL;DR: A sea-level curve of the past 35,000 years for the Atlantic continental shelf of the United States is based on more than 80 radiocarbon dates, suggesting that it is approximately the eustatic curve for the period.
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Sedimentary Facies Patterns and Geologic History of a Holocene Marine Transgression
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the thickness and areal extent of the sedimentary bodies are to a large degree controlled by the morphology of the Pleistocene unconformity, which may lead to considerable confusion in the interpretation of sediments of this type in the geologic record.
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Western North Atlantic Ocean: topography, rocks, structure, water, life, and sediments
K. O. Emery,Elazar Uchupi +1 more
TL;DR: The Atlantic coast of North America was the first part of the New World to be described by maps and texts; its exploration begain with the Vikings nearly a thousand years ago as mentioned in this paper.