Using chronological models in late Holocene sea-level reconstructions from saltmarsh sediments

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 500-513

  Parnell, Andrew C ^a   Roland Gehrels, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology models; Holocene paleoecological studies; Saltmarsh sediment cores; Sea level index points (SLIPs); Sea level reconstructions

Indexed keywords

REPAIR; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; CHRONOLOGICAL AGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84977137680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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