Holocene sea-level record on Funafuti and potential impact of global warming on central Pacific atolls

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-132

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Atolls; Funafuti; Hydro isostasy; Pacific Ocean; Reefs; Sea level; Shoreline geomorphology; Tuvalu; Wave erosion

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL;

FUNAFUTI; TUVALU;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0033042468     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2029     Document Type: Article

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