Late Devensian and Holocene records of relative sea-level changes in northwest Scotland and their implications for glacio-hydro-isostatic modelling

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1103-1135

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^b   Horton, Ben ^a   Innes, Jim ^a   Lloyd, Jerry ^a   McArthur, Jenny ^a   Purcell, Tony ^b   Rutherford, Mairead ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; GLACIAL REBOUND; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033948278     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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