Late quaternary relative sea-level changes and the role of glaciation upon continental shelves

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-222

  Plag, H P ^a   Austin, W E N ^b   Belknap, D F ^c   Devoy, R J N ^d   England, J ^e   Josenhans, H ^f   Peacock, J D ^g   Petersen, K S ^h   Rokoengen, K ⁱ   Scourse, J D ^j   Smith, D E ^k   Wingfield, R T R ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^g Geological Survey of Denmark ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^l BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE MARGIN; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0030426722     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00750.x     Document Type: Review

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