On the origin of late Holocene sea-level highstands within equatorial ocean basins

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 20-22, 2002, Pages 2179-2190

  Mitrovica, J X ^a   Milne, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; ICE; SEA LEVEL; VISCOELASTICITY;

OCEAN BASINS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

GLACIOISOSTASY; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 0037800409     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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