Relative sea-level change in Connecticut (USA) during the last 2200 yrs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 428, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-229

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Hawkes, Andrea D ^b   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^c   Vane, Christopher H ^d   Horton, Benjamin P ^e,f,g   Hill, Troy D ^h   Anisfeld, Shimon C ^h   Parnell, Andrew C ⁱ   Cahill, Niamh ⁱ  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f USA   (United States)

^g NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^h Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Foraminifera; Gulf Stream; Late Holocene; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; OCEAN CURRENTS; REPAIR; SEDIMENTS; TIDE GAGES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FORAMINIFERA; GULF STREAM; LATE HOLOCENE; SALT MARSHES;

SEA LEVEL;

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONNECTICUT; GULF STREAM; LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84938696025     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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