Lowstand terraces on Tyrrhenian Sea steep continental slopes

Marine Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-143

  Chiocci, Francesco L ^a   Orlando, Luciana ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; LOWSTAND TERRACE; LOWSTAND TERRACES; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; TERRACE;

TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0030222836     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(96)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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