Relative sea-level trends in New York City during the past 1500 years

Holocene

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1169-1186

  Kemp, Andrew C ^a   Hill, Troy D ^b   Vane, Christopher H ^c   Cahill, Niamh ^d   Orton, Philip M ^e   Talke, Stefan A ^f   Parnell, Andrew C ^g   Sanborn, Kelsey ^a,h   Hartig, Ellen K ⁱ  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian transfer function; carbon isotope; foraminifera; salt marsh; sedimentation; The Bronx

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 85025803412     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683616683263     Document Type: Article

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