The Mid-Pliocene sea-level conundrum: Glacial isostasy, eustasy and dynamic topography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 387, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-33

  Rovere, A ^a   Raymo, M E ^a   Mitrovica, J X ^b   Hearty, P J ^c   O'Leary, M J ^d   Inglis, J D ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Dynamic topography; Isostasy; Mid Pliocene sea level; Republic of South Africa; Southeast coast USA

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ISOSTASY; MID-PLIOCENE; REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST COAST USA;

DEPOSITION; GEODESY; SEA LEVEL;

TOPOGRAPHY;

DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELEVATION; EUSTACY; GLACIOISOSTASY; MODELING; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84888394966     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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