Holocene relative sea-level changes and glacial isostatic adjustment of the U.S. Atlantic coast

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 751-754

  Engelhart, S E ^a   Peltier, W R ^b   Horton, B P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT MODELS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEET; INTERCOMPARISONS; LATE HOLOCENE; MANTLE VISCOSITY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; ICE; SEA LEVEL; VISCOSITY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DATABASE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MANTLE PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960589479     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31857.1     Document Type: Article

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