Reconstructing Holocene sea-level change from coastal freshwater peat: A combined empirical and model-based approach

Marine Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-152

  Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Anderson, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal aquifer; Coastal hydrogeology; Coastal wetland; Devon; England; Numerical modelling; Phragmites; Salt water fresh water interface

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PEAT; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER; WETLANDS;

COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL WETLANDS; DEVON; ENGLAND; PHRAGMITES;

SEA LEVEL;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 84899807915     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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