A late Holocene sea-level curve for the east coast of South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Strachan, Kate L ^a   Finch, Jemma M ^a   Hill, Trevor ^a   Barnett, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Intertidal; Kariega Estuary; Palaeoenvironmental; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE; COAST; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; PEAT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TRANSGRESSION;

EASTERN CAPE; KARIEGA ESTUARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84896964085     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2014/20130198     Document Type: Article

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