Unraveling sea-level variations and tectonic uplift in wave-built marine terraces, Santa María Island, Chile

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 216-228

  Jara Muñoz, Julius ^a   Melnick, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal sedimentation; Marine terraces; Sea level change; Tectonic uplift; Terrace reoccupation; Wave built terraces

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MARINE TERRACES; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC UPLIFT; TERRACE REOCCUPATION;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

BIO BIO; CHILE; SANTA MARIA ISLAND;

EID: 84920829398     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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