Holocene isostatic uplift of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, modelled from raised beaches

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 1880-1893

  Fretwell, P T ^a   Hodgson, D A ^a   Watcham, E P ^a,b   Bentley, M J ^a,b   Roberts, S J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENES; ISLAND CHAINS; ISOSTATIC UPLIFT; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TREND-SURFACE ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY;

BEACHES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SURVEYS;

ARCHIPELAGO; DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAISED BEACH; SHORELINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSGRESSION; WAVE ENERGY;

ANTARCTICA; ENGLAND; GREENWICH; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954814236     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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