The environment of Venice area in the past two million years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 273-308

  Massari, F ^a   Rio, D ^a   Serandrei Barbero, R ^b   Asioli, A ^a   Capraro, L ^a   Fornaciari, E ^a   Vergerio, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Geochronology; Paleo environment; Pleistocene; Pollen analysis; Sea level

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE;

HIATUS; PSEUDOEMILIANA LACUNOSA;

EID: 0347301542     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00640-0     Document Type: Article

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