Timing and magnitude of the sea-level jump preluding the 8200 yr event

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-278

  Hijma, Marc P ^a,b   Cohen, Kim M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HUDSON STRAIT; LOCAL MAGNITUDE; MELTWATER PULSE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROGLACIAL LAKES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; ROTTERDAM; SEA LEVEL RISE;

SEA LEVEL; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

COOLING; DATING METHOD; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; MELTWATER; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; LAKE OJIBWAY; NETHERLANDS; ONTARIO [CANADA]; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 77951947391     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30439.1     Document Type: Article

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