Magnitudes of sea-level lowstands of the past 500,000 years

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6689, 1998, Pages 162-165

  Rohling, E J ^a   Fenton, M ^a   Jorissen, F J ^b   Bertrand, P ^b   Ganssen, G ^c   Caulet, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LOWSTAND; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032500059     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28134     Document Type: Article

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