Uplift caused by lithospheric flexure in the Hawaiian Archipelago as revealed by elevated coral deposits

Marine Geology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 11-25

  Grigg, Richard W ^a   Jones, Anthony T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Oceanus Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fossil corals; Lithospheric flexure; Sea level; Tsunami; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BEACH DEPOSIT; BEACH DEPOSITS; CORAL; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; UPLIFT;

PACIFIC, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0030687554     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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