Assessing the performance of a foraminifera-based transfer function to estimate sea-level changes in northern Portugal

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 278-287

  Leorri, Eduardo ^a   Fatela, Francisco ^b   Cearreta, Alejandro ^c   Moreno, João ^b   Antunes, Carlos ^b   Drago, Teresa ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Minho and Lima estuaries; N. Portugal; Salt marsh foraminifera; Sea level; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; ERRORS; ESTUARIES; METADATA; REPAIR; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL TESTS; WETLANDS;

COMPOSITIONAL DATA; CONCENTRATION DATA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; PORTUGAL; SALT MARSHES; SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORAMINIFERA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TAPHONOMY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

LIMIA ESTUARY; MINHO ESTUARY; PORTUGAL; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78751575855     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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