Sea-level history during the Last Interglacial complex on San Nicolas Island, California: Implications for glacial isostatic adjustment processes, paleozoogeography and tectonics

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-25

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Simmons, Kathleen R ^a   Schumann, R Randall ^a   Groves, Lindsey T ^b   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^c   Laurel, DeAnna ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ATA Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Corals; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Last Interglacial period; Marine terraces; Paleozoogeography; San Nicolas Island; Sea levels; Uplift; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CORALS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE TERRACES; PALEOZOOGEOGRAPHY; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; UPLIFT; URANIUM-SERIES DATING;

ANIMALS; COOLING SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; URANIUM;

LANDFORMS;

CORAL; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; ELEVATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIOEUSTACY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; TERRACE; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SAN NICOLAS ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84857784902     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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