Nineteenth and twentieth century sea-level changes in Tasmania and New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-102

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Callard, S Louise ^b   Moss, Patrick T ^c   Marshall, William A ^a   Blaauw, Maarten ^d   Hunter, John ^e   Milton, J Andrew ^f   Garnett, Mark H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Foraminifera; Holocene; Proxy data; Salt marsh; Southwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; PROXY DATA; SALT MARSH; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC;

CESIUM; CHARCOAL; LEAD; SEA LEVEL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WETLANDS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); TASMANIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84856284304     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.046     Document Type: Article

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