Developing detailed records of relative sea-level change using a foraminiferal transfer function: An example from North Norfolk, UK

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1841, 2006, Pages 973-991

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

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Holocene; Sea level change; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; REPLICABILITY; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 33645568147     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1749     Document Type: Article

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