Sea level, paleogeography, and archeology on California's Northern Channel Islands

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-272

  Reeder Myers, Leslie ^a   Erlandson, Jon M ^b   Muhs, Daniel R ^c   Rick, Torben C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal archeology; Geographic information systems; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Paleogeomorphology; Sea level rise; Shoreline reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

COASTAL ARCHEOLOGY; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOGEOMORPHOLOGY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEA LEVEL RISE;

SEA LEVEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLACIOISOSTASY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925158488     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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