Middle holocene sea-level rise and highstand at +2 M, central Texas coast

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 581-588

  Blum, Michael D ^a   Misner, Tamara J ^a   Collins, Eric S ^a   Scott, David B ^a   Morton Andres Aslan, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; COLORADO RIVER; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; INTERTIDAL ZONES; PINNING POINTS; RADIOCARBON AGE;

SEA LEVEL;

HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034886977     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/112100710581     Document Type: Article

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