An inflection in the rate of early mid-Holocene eustatic sea-level rise: A new sea-level curve from Singapore

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 523-536

  Bird, M I ^a   Fifield, L K ^b   Teh, T S ^c   Chang, C H ^c   Shirlaw, N ^d   Lambeck, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Holocene; mangrove; palaeoclimate; radiocarbon; sea level; Sundaland

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA SHELF; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33846223979     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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