Relative sea-level response to Little Ice Age ice mass change in south central Alaska: Reconciling model predictions and geological evidence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-75

  Barlow, Natasha L M ^a   Shennan, Ian ^a   Long, Antony J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dating; Diatoms; Earthquake deformation cycle; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Little Ice Age; Relative sea level change

Indexed keywords

DATING; DEFORMATION CYCLE; DIATOMS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

ICE;

DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; DIATOM; EARTHQUAKE; GLACIOISOSTASY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MODELING; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84856266661     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.048     Document Type: Article

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