A +20 m middle Pleistocene sea-level highstand (Bermuda and the Bahamas) due to partial collapse of Antarctic ice

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-378

  Hearty, P J ^a   Kindler, P ^b   Cheng, H ^c   Edwards, R L ^c  

^a Box N 337 ^*  (Bahamas)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; GLACIERS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEA LEVEL;

AMINO ACID RACEMIZATIONS; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; BEACH SEDIMENTS; MARINE DEPOSITS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ICE;

HIGHSTAND; ICE BREAKUP; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL;

BAHAMAS; BERMUDA;

EID: 84879883593     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0375:AMMPSL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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