Indications of Holocene sea-level rise in Beaver Lake, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-128

  Wagner, Bernd ^a,e   Hultzsch, Nadja ^b   Melles, Martin ^c,e   Gore, Damian B ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Sea level change; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AMERY ICE SHELF; ANTARCTICA; BEAVER LAKE; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 34247509201     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200700017X     Document Type: Article

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