Tectonic and climatic controls on coastal sedimentation: The Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene of northeastern Rhodes, Greece

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 159-181

  Cornée, Jean Jacques ^a   Moissette, Pierre ^a   Joannin, Sébastien ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Quillévéré, Frédéric ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^b   Hilgen, Frits ^c   Koskeridou, Efterpi ^d   Münch, Philippe ^e   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a   Desvignes, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Earth Sciences   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Coastal deposits; Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Rhodes; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; TECTONIC SETTING;

DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646576809     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.12.026     Document Type: Article

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