Late Holocene relative land- and sea-level changes: Providing information for stakeholders

GSA Today

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 52-53

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Milne, Glenn ^b   Bradley, Sarah ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; COASTAL ZONE; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; MESOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349275768     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG50GW.1     Document Type: Article

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