A multi-proxy approach to assessing isolation basin stratigraphy from the Lofoten Islands, Norway

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 288-300

  Balascio, Nicholas L ^a   Zhang, Zhaohui ^a,e   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Perren, Bianca ^b   Dahl, Svein Olaf ^c,d   Bakke, Jostein ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Isolation basin; Lofoten Islands; Norway; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; ISOLATION BASIN; LOFOTEN ISLANDS; NORWAY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HOLOCENE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; WATER COLUMN;

LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORWAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78751591079     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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