A new Late Holocene sea-level record from the Mississippi Delta: evidence for a climate/sea level connection?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1737-1749

  González, Juan L ^a   Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CONTROL; CLIMATE RECORD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRUSTAL MOTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL GPS; ERROR MARGINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; LONG-TERM TREND; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIDAL RANGES; TIME INTERVAL; WEIGHTED MEAN;

SEA LEVEL; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURVEYING; TIDES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; HOLOCENE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OPTICAL METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650999675     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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