Estimating tectonic uplift of the Cape Fear Arch (south-eastern United States) using reconstructions of Holocene relative sea level

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 749-759

  Van De Plassche, Orson ^a   Wright, Alex J ^a   Horton, Benjamin P ^b,c,d   Engelhart, Simon E ^e   Kemp, Andrew C ^f   Mallinson, David ^g   Kopp, Robert E ^c,h  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Fear Arch; Late Holocene; Relative sea level; Salt marsh; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; UPLIFT;

CAPE FEAR RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939126268     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2746     Document Type: Article

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