Data-model comparison of Holocene sea-level change in the circum-Caribbean region

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-131

  Milne, Glenn A ^a   Peros, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circum Caribbean; Eustasy; Holocene; Isostasy; Mantle viscosity; Modelling; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CIRCUM-CARIBBEAN; EUSTASY; HOLOCENES; ISOSTASY; MANTLE VISCOSITY;

CURVE FITTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MODELS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

ICE;

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUSTACY; HOLOCENE; HOMOGENEITY; LITHOSPHERE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84878923286     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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