A revised late holocene sea-level record for northern Massachusetts, USA

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1051-1061

  Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Global warming; Halophytes; Salt marsh; Sea surface temperatures; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATE FORCING; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CONNECTICUT; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; ROMNEY MARSH [MASSACHUSETTS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750006333     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0207.1     Document Type: Article

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