Relative sea level changes during the Holocene in the Sisimiut area, south-western Greenland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Bennike, Ole ^a   Wagner, Bernd ^b   Richter, Andreas ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Greenland; Holocene; Isolation basins; Relative sea level changes; Sisimiut

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHELF BREAK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

ACULEATA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MACOMA BALTHICA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 79955944626     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1458     Document Type: Article

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