Late Holocene relative sea level rise and the Neoglacial history of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-359

  Long, Antony J ^a   Woodroffe, Sarah A ^a   Dawson, Sue ^b   Roberts, David H ^a   Bryant, Charlotte L ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Holocene; Isolation basin; Isostasy; Neoglacial

Indexed keywords

GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LOWSTAND; NEOGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; WEST GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 66249093513     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1235     Document Type: Article

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