New relative sea-level curves for the southern Scott Coast, Antarctica: Evidence for Holocene deglaciation of the western Ross Sea

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 641-650

  Hall, Brenda L ^a   Denton, George H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Raised beaches; Relative sea level curves; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GROUNDING LINE; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; RAISED BEACH; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0033389374     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199912)14:7<641::AID-JQS466>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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