Reconstructing Common Era relative sea-level change on the Gulf Coast of Florida

Marine Geology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2017, Pages 254-269

  Gerlach, Matthew J ^a   Engelhart, Simon E ^a   Kemp, Andrew C ^b   Moyer, Ryan P ^c   Smoak, Joseph M ^d   Bernhardt, Christopher E ^e   Cahill, Niamh ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPACTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; SILT; WETLANDS;

ERRORS IN VARIABLES; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; LOCAL SCALE PROCESS; PROXY RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL TRENDS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPACTION; DATA SET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL FLAT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; LITTLE MANATEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85024480624     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.07.001     Document Type: Article

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