Rapid sea-level changes at the close of the last interglacial (substage 5e) recorded in Bahamian island geology

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 775-778

  Neumann, A Conrad ^a   Hearty, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Chertsey 112 ^*  (Bahamas)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; REEFS;

COASTAL CLIFF; FOSSIL REEFS; HIGH LATITUDES; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALM-TREE; REEF GROWTHS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

DRAWDOWN; FOSSIL; GLACIATION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; INTERGLACIAL; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGES;

BAHAMAS;

EID: 0030513511     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0775:RSLCAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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