Geomorphic and stratigraphic signals of postglacial meltwater pulses on continental shelves

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-154

  Green, Andrew N ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^a,b   Salzmann, Leslee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; LOCAL INFLUENCE; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHELF-STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIVE RAVINEMENT;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HOLOCENE; MELTWATER; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84988734678     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35052.1     Document Type: Article

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