The last interglacial period on the Pacific Coast of North America: Timing and paleoclimate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 569-592

  Muhs, Daniel R ^a   Simmons, Kathleen R ^a   Kennedy, George L ^a   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Marine terraces; Mollusca; Pacific Coast; Paleoclimate; Sea level; Uranium series method; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL PERIODS;

MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL;

GEOLOGY;

CORAL RECORD; HIGHSTAND; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84879880144     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0569:TLIPOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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