Handbook of sea-level research: Framing research questions

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-25

  Shennan, Ian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA); Inductive approach; Multiple working hypotheses; Relative sea level change; Sea level index points

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; INDUCTIVE APPROACH; LAND SURFACE; MULTIPLE WORKING HYPOTHESIS; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84977068158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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