Using Holocene relative sea-level data to inform future sea-level predictions: An example from southwest England

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 116-126

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Dawson, David A ^a   Shaw, Jon ^a   Marshall, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; English Channel; Foraminifera; IPCC; Isostasy; Sea level; UKCIP

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FORAMINIFERA; IPCC; ISOSTASY; UKCIP;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FORECASTING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; WETLANDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; ISOSTASY; MICROFOSSIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 80052158630     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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