Paleoshoreline record of relative Holocene sea levels on Pacific islands

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 191-234

  Dickinson, William R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc deformation; Hydro isostasy; Lithospheric flexture; Paleoshoreline indicators; Sea level change; Thermal subsidence

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SUBSIDENCE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0035202655     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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