Sea-level lowstand in the eastern Mediterranean: Late pleistocene coastal terraces offshore northern israel

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 399-412

  Belknap, Daniel F ^a   Mart, Yossi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Eolianites; Neotectonic; ROV; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

LOWSTAND; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE TERRACE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032939546     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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