Extended late Holocene relative sea-level histories for North Carolina, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 160, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-30

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Kegel, Jessica J ^b   Culver, Stephen J ^b   Barber, Donald C ^c   Mallinson, David J ^b   Leorri, Eduardo ^b   Bernhardt, Christopher E ^d   Cahill, Niamh ^e   Riggs, Stanley R ^b   Woodson, Anna L ^b,c   Mulligan, Ryan P ^f   Horton, Benjamin P ^g,h  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Gulf Stream; Salt marsh; Tidal range change

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FORAMINIFERA; GULF STREAM; NORTH CAROLINA , USA; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SALT MARSHES; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TIDAL RANGES;

SEA LEVEL;

COMPACTED SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

CAPE HATTERAS; CEDAR ISLAND; CONNECTICUT; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; HATTERAS ISLAND; MARYLAND; NORTH CAROLINA; ROANOKE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 85011636673     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.01.012     Document Type: Article

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