Rapid Holocene relative sea-level changes in Gruinart, Isle of Islay, Scottish Inner Hebrides

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-195

  Dawson, Sue ^a   Dawson, Alastair G ^a   Edwards, Kevin J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigrapby; Glacio isostasy; Holocene transgression; Scotland; Sea level change; Storminess

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031921789     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398674794114     Document Type: Article

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