Revisiting marine isotope stage 3 and 5a (MIS3-5a) sea levels within the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 100-111

  Simms, Alexander R ^a   DeWitt, Regina ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^b   Lambeck, Kurt ^c   Anderson, John B ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

glacio hydro isostasy; Gulf of Mexico; MIS3; MIS5a; optical stimulated luminescence; OSL; sea level; shoreline

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOSTASY; LUMINESCENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; SHORELINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849159862     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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