Quantifying rates of coastal subsidence since the last interglacial and the role of sediment loading

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-308

  Simms, Alexander R ^a   Anderson, John B ^b   DeWitt, Regina ^c   Lambeck, Kurt ^d   Purcell, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier island; GIS; Gulf of Mexico; Ingleside; Interglacial; Isostasy; Marine isotope stage 5e; Pleistocene; Sea level

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; GULF OF MEXICO; INGLESIDE; INTERGLACIAL; ISOSTASY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PLEISTOCENE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SUBSIDENCE;

LOADING;

COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; INTERGLACIAL; ISOSTASY; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; COLORADO DELTA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TEXAS SHELF;

EID: 84886996787     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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