Centennial-scale cycles in middle Holocene sea level along the southeastern Swedish Baltic coast

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1404-1409

  Yu, Shi Yong ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic sea level changes; Lunar cycle; Middle Holocene storminess; NAO; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

CENTENNIAL TIME SCALES;

COASTAL ZONES; SEA LEVEL; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

GEOLOGY;

HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM; TEMPORAL CYCLE;

BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0348010214     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25217.1     Document Type: Article

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