Sea-level change along the Italian coast for the past 10,000 yr

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 1567-1598

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^b   Purcell, Anthony ^a   Silenzi, Sergio ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ICE; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTH RHEOLOGY; HOLOCENE RATES; ICE SHEETS;

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTACY; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; RHEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2642565465     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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