Reconciliation of sea-level observations in the Western North Atlantic during the last glacial cycle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 171-181

  Potter, Emma Kate ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Glacio hydro isostasy; MIS 5a; Sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIOISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0345763607     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00587-9     Document Type: Article

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