A protocol for a geological sea-level database

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 536-553

  Hijma, Marc P ^a,b   Engelhart, Simon E ^c   Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^a   Horton, Benjamin P ^d,e   Hu, Ping ^a   Hill, David F ^f  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dating; Elevation; Geodetic datum; Indicative meaning; Isotopic fractionation; Limiting data; Paleotidal modeling; Sea level index point

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION;

DATING; ELEVATION; GEODETIC DATA; INDICATIVE MEANING; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; LIMITING DATA;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84939489620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch34     Document Type: Chapter

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