The application of local and regional transfer functions to the reconstruction of Holocene sea levels, north Norfolk, England

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-228

  Horton, Benjamin P ^a   Edwards, Robin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Holocene; North Norfolk; Sea level change; Tidal marsh; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 15944405401     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl787rp     Document Type: Article

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