A search for scale in sea-level studies

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 788-800

  Larsen, Curtis E ^a   Clark, Inga ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Basal peat; Climate change; Global temperature; Isostatic rebound; Relative sea level; Sea level rise; Temperature reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 33746840095     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0123.1     Document Type: Article

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