Late Holocene sea-level change around Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1453-1465

  Daly, Julia F ^a,b   Belknap, Daniel F ^a   Kelley, Joseph T ^a   Bell, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; SEA LEVEL;

DEGLACIATION; ICE SHEET; LATE HOLOCENE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049069207     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-036     Document Type: Article

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