Mid-Late Holocene coastal environmental changes in southeastern Sri Lanka: New evidence for sea level variations in southern Bay of Bengal

Quaternary International

Volumn 298, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-36

  Ranasinghe, P N ^a,b,c   Ortiz, J D ^b   Moore, A L ^d   McAdoo, B ^e   Wells, N ^b   Siriwardana, C H E R ^b,c   Wijesundara, D T D S ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey and Mines Bureau   (Sri Lanka)

^d EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^e VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84924242955     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.02.030     Document Type: Article

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