Punctuated eustatic sea-level rise in the early mid-Holocene

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 803-806

  Bird, Michael I ^a   Austin, William E N ^b   Wurster, Christopher M ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^c   Mojtahid, Meryem ^d   Sargeant, Chris ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; COASTAL REGIONS; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; FUTURE RESPONSE; HOLOCENES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PROXY RECORDS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SINGAPORE; TIME INTERVAL;

COASTAL ZONES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77958094180     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31066.1     Document Type: Article

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