A new late-glacial sea-level record for St. George's Bay, Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1053-1070

  Bell, Trevor ^a   Batterson, Martin J ^b   Liverman, David G E ^b   Shaw, John ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIO-ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEGLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT GEORGE'S BAY;

EID: 0742270979     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-024     Document Type: Article

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