The late-Holocene Gargano subaqueous delta, Adriatic shelf: Sediment pathways and supply fluctuations

Marine Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 61-91

  Cattaneo, Antonio ^a   Correggiari, Annamaria ^a   Langone, Leonardo ^a   Trincardi, Fabio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Clinoforms; Late Holocene; Mud wedge; Sedimentation; Subaqueous delta

Indexed keywords

HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT (HST);

CLIMATE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037438843     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00614-X     Document Type: Article

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