Geoarchaeological context of holocene subsidence at the Ferry Berth Lapita site, Mulifanua, Upolu, Samoa

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-263

  Dickinson, William R ^a   Green, Roger C ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LANDFORM; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LITHOSPHERE; PACIFIC PLATE; PREHISTORIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANISM;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAMOA; SHORELINE; TONGA; TUTUILA; UNITED STATES; UPOLU; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 0000807066     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199802)13:3<239::AID-GEA1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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