Timing of the last-interglacial high sea level on the Seychelles Islands, Indian Ocean

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-316

  Israelson, Carsten ^a   Wohlfarth, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corals; Indian Ocean; Last interglaciation; Sea level; Seychelles; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DATING METHOD; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL;

INDIAN OCEAN; SEYCHELLES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA; PORITES; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 0032876775     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2030     Document Type: Article

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