Stratigraphy, pollen history and geochronology of tidal marshes in a Gulf of Maine estuarine system: Climatic and relative sea level impacts

Marine Geology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Ward, Larry G ^a   Zaprowski, Brent J ^b   Trainer, Kevin D ^b   Davis, P Thompson ^c  

^a Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

accretion; climate effects; pollen; relative sea level; salt marshes; sedimentology; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE EFFECTS; POLLEN; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SALT MARSHES;

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTUARIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PEAT; PETROLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TOXICITY; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL CHANNEL; TRANSGRESSION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

AMBROSIA; CASTANEA; FAGUS; PICEA; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 56949101308     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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