Mid-late Holocene sea-level variability in eastern Australia

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-81

  Lewis, Stephen E ^a   Wüst, Raphael A J ^a   Webster, Jody M ^a   Shields, Graham A ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; DATA SET; HIATUS; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 38649110462     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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