Discovery of a composite reefal terrace of middle and late Pleistocene age in Great Inagua Island, Bahamas. Implications for regional tectonics and sea-level history

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Kindler, Pascal ^a   Reyss, Jean Louis ^b   Cazala, Charlotte ^b,c   Plagnes, Valérie ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Coral reef; Pleistocene; Sea level; Tectonics; U series dating

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REEF FORMATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREAT INAGUA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33845462861     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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