Beachrock: A tool for reconstructing relative sea level in the far-field

Marine Geology

Volumn 362, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-16

  Mauz, Barbara ^a   Vacchi, Matteo ^b   Green, Andrew ^c   Hoffmann, Goesta ^d   Cooper, Andrew ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indicative meaning; Intertidal cement; Non coral sea level marker; Sea level reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; REEFS; TIDES;

COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CORAL SEA; INDICATIVE MEANING; PHYSICAL MODELLING; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC;

SEA LEVEL;

BEACHROCK; CORAL RECORD; CORAL REEF; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84922438984     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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