Early Holocene sea-level record from submerged fossil reefs on the southeast Florida margin

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-258

  Toscano, Marguerite A ^a   Lundberg, Joyce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REEFS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS;

DEGLACIATIONS; EARLY HOLOCENE; MEAN SEA LEVEL; NORTH ATLANTIC; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW WATERS; THERMAL IONIZATION; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

SEA LEVEL;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; REEF; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; FLORIDA; USA;

EID: 0031869289     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0255:EHSLRF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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