Discovery of a submerged relic reef and shoreline off Grand Cayman: Further support for an early Holocene jump in sea level

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 253-270

  Blanchon, Paul ^a   Jones, Brian ^b   Ford, Derek C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Drowned reef; Holocene; Paleoshoreline; Reef development; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

CAYMAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0036213376     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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