Holocene and Late Pleistocene relative sea level fluctuations along the east coast of India

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 243-260

  Banerjee, P K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Little Ice Age; Radiocarbon dates; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HOLOCENE; INDIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIA;

EID: 0034661822     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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