Uplift of Oahu, Hawaii, during the past 500 k.y. as recorded by elevated reef deposits

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-30

  McMurtry, Gary M ^a   Campbell, J Frisbee ^a   Fryer, Gerard J ^a,c   Fietzke, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Pacific Tsunami Warning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE DEPOSITS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; SUBMERGED REEFS; TECTONIC HISTORY; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; U-SERIES;

ISOTOPES; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

DEPOSITS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REEF; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OAHU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849142913     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30378.1     Document Type: Article

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