Holocene sea level database for the Atlantic coast of the United States

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-25

  Engelhart, Simon E ^a   Horton, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment; Holocene; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Relative sea level; Salt marsh; United States Atlantic coast

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; HOLOCENES; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SALT MARSHES;

GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; DELAWARE; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; MAINE; NEW JERSEY; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867701913     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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