Sea levels: Change and variability during warm intervals

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-796

  Edwards, Robin ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 33846250880     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133306071959     Document Type: Article

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