Finding of a Holocene marine layer in Algarrobo (33°22′S), central Chile. Implications for coastal uplift

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-345

  Encinas, Alfonso ^a,b   Hervé, Francisco ^a   Villa Martínez, Rodrigo ^c   Nielsen, Sven N ^d   Finger, Kenneth L ^e   Peterson, Dawn E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Inst de Rech pour le Dévmt   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algarrobo; Central Chile; Marine transgression; Mid Holocene

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; ELEVATION; FAUNA; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT;

ALGARROBO; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; VALPARAISO [CHILE];

AMARANTHACEAE; AMMONIA TEPIDA; CYPRIDEIS; FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 33751509104     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: 0717618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-02082006000200007     Document Type: Article

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