Holocene sea-level reconstruction in the Young Sound region, Northeast Greenland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-226

  Pedersen, Jørn Bjarke Torp ^a   Kroon, Aart ^a   Jakobsen, Bjarne Holm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beach ridges; Greenland Ice Sheet; Palaeoterrestrial surfaces; Relative sea level; Young Sound

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL PLAIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOSURFACE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; YOUNG SOUND;

EID: 79951996264     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1449     Document Type: Article

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