Sedimentary response to Late Quaternary sea-level changes in the Romagna coastal plain (northern Italy)

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-121

  Amorosi, A ^a   Colalongo, M L ^a   Pasini, G ^b   Preti, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Ufficio Geologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Micropalaeontology; Po plain; Quaternary; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY;

EID: 0032992674     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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