Late Holocene Coastal Plain Stratigraphy and Sea-Level History at Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-58

  Calhoun, R Scott ^a   Fletcher III, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA; HIATUS;

COASTAL PLAIN; HOLOCENE (LATE); RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL HISTORY; SHORELINE REGRESSION; STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, HAWAII, KAUAI, HANALEI;

EID: 0030482810     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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