Modern saltmarsh diatom distributions of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, and the development of a transfer function for high resolution reconstructions of sea level

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 381-394

  Horton, Benjamin P ^a   Corbett, Reide ^b   Culver, Stephen J ^b   Edwards, Robin J ^c   Hillier, Caroline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diatoms; lead 210; North Carolina; radiometric dating; salt marshes; sea level changes; transfer functions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIATOM; ELEVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECISION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTER BANKS; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33748454622     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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