Sea-level records at ∼80 ka from tectonically stable platforms: Florida and Bermuda

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Ludwig, K R ^a,c   Muhs, D R ^a   Simmons, K R ^a   Halley, R B ^b   Shinn, E A ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

FLORIDA KEYS; HIGH LATITUDES; MARINE DEPOSITS; PACIFIC COASTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STABLE PLATFORM; SUBMERGED REEFS; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; FLORIDA;

SEA LEVEL;

ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; URANIUM SERIES DATING; CORAL; GEOCHRONOMETRY; PLATFORM; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL RECORD; TECTONICALLY STABLE PLATFORMS;

BERMUDA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; FLORIDA; FLORIDA KEYS; USA;

EID: 0029750488     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0211:SLRAKF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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