Dynamic topography change of the Eastern United States since 3 million years ago

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6140, 2013, Pages 1560-1563

  Rowley, David B ^a   Forte, Alessandro M ^b   Moucha, Robert ^c   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^d   Simmons, Nathan A ^e   Grand, Stephen P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DEFORMATION; FLOODING; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARINE RECORD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE-CUT PLATFORM;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; HEIGHT; ICE SHEET; LATITUDE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84879685684     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1229180     Document Type: Article

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