Holocene sea-level change and Antarctic melting history derived from geological observations and geophysical modeling along the Shimokita Peninsula, northern Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Yokoyama, Yusuke ^a,b   Okuno, Jun'Ichi ^a,c   Miyairi, Yosuke ^a   Obrochta, Stephen ^a   Demboya, Nobuhiro ^d   Makino, Yoshinori ^d   Kawahata, Hodaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; ICE SHEET; MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; NORTH AMERICAN; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

GLACIERS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MELTING; MELTWATER; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRANSGRESSION;

ANTARCTICA; AOMORI; HONSHU; JAPAN; MUTSU BAY; SHIMOKITA PENINSULA; TOHOKU;

EID: 84864063607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051983     Document Type: Article

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