Sea level changes during the last and present interglacials in Sal Island (Cape Verde archipelago)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-317

  Zazo, C ^a   Goy, J L ^b   Hillaire Marcel, C ^c   Dabrio, C J ^d   Gonzalez Delgado J A ^b   Cabero, A ^a   Bardaji T ^e   Ghaleb, B ^c   Soler, V ^f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Eastern Atlantic; Holocene; Last interglacial; Marine terrace; Sea level

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; EASTERN ATLANTIC; HOLOCENE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE TERRACE;

ANIMALS; DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SEA LEVEL;

ALGA; BARRIER ISLAND; CALCARENITE; CONGLOMERATE; CORAL; ELEVATION; FACIES; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLLUSC; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; SAL; SPAIN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; STROMBUS;

EID: 77957273972     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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