A global compilation of coral sea-level benchmarks: Implications and new challenges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 310-318

  Medina Elizalde, Martín ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; Deglaciation; Glacial; Last interglacial; LGM; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LGM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84873082633     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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