Reconstructed topography of Southern New England prior to isostatic rebound with implications of total isostatic depression and relative sea level

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-118

  Oakley, Bryan A ^a   Boothroyd, Jon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Rhode Island Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Isostatic rebound; New England; Quaternary topography; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

FIRST-ORDER; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; ICE THICKNESS; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE QUATERNARY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE VISCOSITY; MARINE WATERS; NEW ENGLAND; REGIONAL MODEL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHIC MODELS;

FLOODS; WATER LEVELS;

SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL LAKE; ICE THICKNESS; ISOSTASY; LANDSCAPE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; WATER LEVEL;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862589476     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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