Middle and late Holocene sea-level changes in eastern Maine reconstructed from foraminiferal saltmarsh stratigraphy and AMS 14C dates on basal peat

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 350-359

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autocompaction; Foraminifera; Holocene; Little Ice Age; Medieval Warm Period; Saltmarsh; Sea level; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FORAMINIFERA; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0033388543     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2076     Document Type: Article

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