Atmospheric 14C chronology for late Wisconsinan deglaciation and sea-level change in eastern New England using varve and paleomagnetic records

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 351, Issue , 2001, Pages 171-189

  Ridge, John C ^a   Canwell, Brandy A ^a   Kelly, Meredith A ^b   Kelley, Sharon Z ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL MELTWATER; ISOSTATIC UPLIFT; MARINE RESERVOIR EFFECTS; PALEOMAGNETIC DECLINATIONS; PALEOMAGNETIC RECORD; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; VARVE CHRONOLOGIES;

LANDFORMS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE RETREAT; MELTWATER; MICROFOSSIL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VARVE; WISCONSINAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONNECTICUT VALLEY; GULF OF MAINE; NEW ENGLAND; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17544369652     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2351-5.171     Document Type: Article

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