Post-glacial sea-level change along the Pacific coast of North America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-192

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^c HAKAI INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Coastal geomorphology; Holocene glaciation; Isostasy; Neotectonics; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CASCADIA; HOLOCENE GLACIATIONS; ISOSTASY; NEOTECTONICS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTACY; GLOBAL OCEAN; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POSTGLACIAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84903785316     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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