Middle to upper Pleistocene morphostructural evolution of the NW-coast of Sicily: Thermoluminescence dating and palaeontological-stratigraphical evaluations of littoral deposits

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 269-285

  Mauz, B ^a   Buccheri, G ^b   Zoller L ^a   Greco, A ^b  

^a Forschungsstelle Archaometrie am M   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; GLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTASY; HIGHSTAND; LITTORAL DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

ITALY, SICILY;

EID: 0030620759     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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