Sea level higher than present 3500 years ago on the northern main Hawaiian Islands

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-366

  Grossman, Eric E ^a   Fletcher III, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; LAST DEGLACIATION; LATE HOLOCENE; MEAN SEA LEVEL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RADIOCARBON AGE; SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; UPLIFT; SEA LEVEL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; HAWAII; PACIFIC; USA;

EID: 0031597331     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0363:SLHTPY>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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