Integrated high-precision analyses of Holocene relative sea-level changes: Lessons from the coast of Maine

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1073-1088

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Belknap, Daniel F ^b   Kelley, Joseph T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Maine Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS; ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEAT;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BEST ESTIMATES; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; HIGH-PRECISION; MEAN HIGH WATERS; PRECISE LEVELING; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; CRUSTAL STABILITY; HOLOCENE; INTEGRATED HIGH-PRECISION ANALYSIS; MAINE; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES;

TIDES; GEOLOGY;

AMPLIFICATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LITHOSPHERE; PEAT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE; HIGH-PRECISION ANALYSES; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; PEAT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; TIDAL CONSTITUENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; GULF OF MAINE; MACHIASPORT; MAINE; PHIPPSBURG; UNITED STATES; USA, MAINE;

EID: 0030250089     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1073:IHPAOH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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