Biofacies Analysis of Zanclean Sediments in Virginia: Unraveling the Past Through Benthic Foraminifera

Early Pliocene sedimentary deposits are exposed at the surface along the James and York Rivers, across southeastern Virginia. The Zanclean age (5.33–3.60 Ma) Sunken Meadow Member of the Yorktown Formation records a relatively large-scale marine transgression in the Salisbury Embayment. A total of 15...

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Main Author: Whittney Spivey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/15/2/39
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