The Lagoon of Venice: Geological setting, evolution and land subsidence

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Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-265

  Brambati, Antonio ^a   Carbognin, Laura ^b   Quaia, Tullio ^a   Teatini, Pietro ^c   Tosi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASIN EVOLUTION; EUSTACY; FLOODING; LAGOON; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ITALY; VENETO; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 0242275068     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2003/v26i3/020     Document Type: Article

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