Holocene relative sea-level changes in the inner Bredefjord area, southern Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-124

  Sparrenbom, Charlotte J ^a   Bennike, Ole ^b   Fredh, Daniel ^a   Randsalu Wendrup, Linda ^a   Zwartz, Dan ^c   Ljung, Karl ^a   Björck, Svante ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greenland Ice Sheet; Isolation basin; Isostatic rebound; Sea level change; Transgression

Indexed keywords

GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ISOLATION BASIN; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; LAKES; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COASTAL LAGOON; DEGLACIATION; FJORD; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; IKERSUAQ FJORD; NANORTALIK;

EID: 84876324678     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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