Paleogeography, global sea level changes, and the future coastline of Thailand

Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Woodruff, David S ^a   Woodruff, Kathryn A ^b  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Coastal flooding; Glacioeustasy; Global warming; Shoreline; Sundaland

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649107286     PISSN: 00809462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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