Sea-level change along the French Atlantic and Channel coasts since the time of the Last Glacial Maximum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

eustasy; French Atlantic coast; glacial rebound; isostasy; sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL REBOUND; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES;

FRANCE, ATLANTIC COAST;

EID: 0030620933     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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