A post-glacial sea level hinge on the central Pacific coast of Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-169

  McLaren, Duncan ^a,b   Fedje, Daryl ^a,b   Hay, Murray B ^c   Mackie, Quentin ^a   Walker, Ian J ^a   Shugar, Dan H ^a   Eamer, Jordan B R ^a   Lian, Olav B ^d   Neudorf, Christina ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b HAKAI INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Central Pacific coast of Canada; Coastal migration route; Eustatic; Isostatic; Northeast Pacific Rim; Northwest coast; Sea level change; Sea level hinge

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HINGES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL MIGRATION ROUTE; EUSTATIC; ISOSTATIC; PACIFIC COASTS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84903759704     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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