Holocene relative sea-level changes on the margin of a glacio-isostatically uplifted area: An example from northern Caithness, Scotland

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-77

  Dawson, S ^a   Smith, D E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Caithness; diatoms; glacio isostasy; Holocene; index point; marine transgression; pollen; radiocarbon dating; relative sea level graph; Scotland; Sea level change; tsunami

Indexed keywords

GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; POSTGLACIAL TRANSGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS, WICK RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 0030620940     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700106     Document Type: Article

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