Smooth or oscillating late Holocene sea-level curve? Evidence from the palaeo-zoology of fixed biological indicators in east Australia and beyond

Marine Geology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 367-386

  Baker, R G V ^a   Haworth, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Holocene; Inter tidal species; Palaeo environmental shifts; Sea level change; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; HOLOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034652793     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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