The Holocene sea-level highstand in the equatorial Pacific: Analysis of the insular paleosea-level database

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-327

  Grossman, E E ^a   Fletcher III, C H ^a   Richmond, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031692924     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050132     Document Type: Review

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