Highstands during Marine Isotope Stage 5: evidence from the Ironshore Formation of Grand Cayman, British West Indies

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 536-559

  Coyne, Morag K ^a   Jones, Brian ^a   Ford, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CORALS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES (MIS);

RADIATION DAMAGE; ISOTOPES;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALCRETE; CORAL RECORD; HIGHSTAND; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERRA ROSSA; UNCONFORMITY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; GEORGE TOWN HARBOUR; GRAND CAYMAN; GREATER ANTILLES;

ANTHOZOA; CAIMAN;

CALCRETES; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; TERRA ROSSA;

EID: 33847208086     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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