Holocene sea-level history on the Rio Grande do Norte State coast, Brazil

Marine Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-89

  Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Barreto, Alcina M F ^b   Suguio, Kenitiro ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Holocene; Radiocarbon dating; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

INTERTIDAL DEPOSITS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CURRENT; GLACIOISOSTASY; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; OSCILLATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC COAST; BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE STATE;

EID: 0037446450     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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