Sea-level change during the last 2500 years in New Jersey, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-104

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Horton, Benjamin P ^b,c   Vane, Christopher H ^d   Bernhardt, Christopher E ^e   Corbett, D Reide ^f   Engelhart, Simon E ^g   Anisfeld, Shimon C ^h   Parnell, Andrew C ⁱ   Cahill, Niamh ⁱ  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^h Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

20th Century; Foraminifera; Little Ice Age; Medieval Climate Anomaly; Salt marsh; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; FORAMINIFERA; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALIES; SALT-MARSH;

SEDIMENTS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SEA LEVEL;

CHRONOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886305635     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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