Quaternary coral-reef terraces from Kish and Qeshm Islands, Persian Gulf: New radiometric ages and tectonic implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-27

  Pirazzoli, P A ^a   Reyss, J L ^b   Fontugne, M ^b   Haghipour, A ^c,d   Hilgers, A ^e   Kasper, H U ^e   Nazari, H ^d   Preusser, F ^e,f   Radtke, U ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Persian Gulf Intl Ctr Biotech Res ^*  (Iran)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DATING METHOD; QUATERNARY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 2342581613     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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