Development of a foraminifera-based transfer function in the Basque marshes, N. Spain: Implications for sea-level studies in the Bay of Biscay

Marine Geology

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 60-74

  Leorri, Eduardo ^a,c   Horton, Benjamin P ^b   Cearreta, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; marsh foraminifera; sea level; transfer function

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BASQUE MARSHES; BAY OF BISCAY; DATASETS; FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION RATES;

SEA LEVEL;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CALIBRATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MARSH; MICROFOSSIL; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDE GAUGE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASQUE COUNTRY; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 43049112059     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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