New constraints on late Holocene eustatic sea-level changes from Mahé, Seychelles

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-16

  Woodroffe, Sarah A ^a   Long, Antony J ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b   Bryant, Charlotte L ^c   Thomas, Alexander L ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eustasy; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Late Holocene; Mangroves; Relative sea level; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DEPOSITS; EARTH (PLANET); FORECASTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EUSTASY; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LATE HOLOCENE; MANGROVES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEYCHELLES;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; EUSTACY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MANGROVE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SNOWMELT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); MAHE; SEYCHELLES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84924991689     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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