Late Quaternary sea-level changes and palaeoseismology of the Bering Glacier region, Alaska

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1762-1773

  Shennan, Ian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; DEFORMATION CYCLE; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; LATE QUATERNARY; MICROPLATE; MODEL PREDICTION; PALAEOSEISMOLOGY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC LOCATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

EARTHQUAKES; GLACIERS; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

MICROPLATE; MUD; PALEOSEISMICITY; PEAT; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; CHUGACH MOUNTAINS; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650932587     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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