Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: Are coasts uplifting worldwide?

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Pedoja, Kevin ^a   Husson, Laurent ^b,f   Regard, Vincent ^c   Cobbold, Peter Robert ^b   Ostanciaux, Emilie ^b   Johnson, Markes E ^d   Kershaw, Stephen ^e   Saillard, Marianne ^c   Martinod, Joseph ^c   Furgerot, Lucille ^a   Weill, Pierre ^a   Delcaillau, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Last interglacial stage; MIS 5e; Plate tectonics; Quaternary; Sea level; Sequences of paleo shorelines

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATING METHOD; EUSTACY; FOSSIL RECORD; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

EID: 80051791453     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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