Holocene sea-level history: Evidence from coastal sediments of the northern Rio Grande do Norte coast, NE Brazil

Marine Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 39-53

  Caldas, Luciano Henrique de Oliveira ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^b   Vital, Helenice ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

beachrock; Holocene sea level history; radiocarbon dating; Rio Grande do Norte, NE Brazil

Indexed keywords

BEACHROCK; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL HISTORY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; OSCILLATIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEA LEVEL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BEACHROCK; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645976854     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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