Glacial isostatic adjustment as a control on coastal processes: An example from the Siberian Arctic

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 747-750

  Whitehouse, Pippa L ^a   Allen, Mark B ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Delta; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Relative sea level; Siberia

Indexed keywords

EUSTATIC FLUCTUATION; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; ICE MELTING;

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; LENA RIVER; OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 34548071087     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23437A.1     Document Type: Article

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