Late-Holocene catastrophic floods in the terminal Arno River (Pisa, Central Italy) from the story of a Roman riverine harbour

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 863-876

  Benvenuti, M ^a   Mariotti Lippi, M ^a   Pallecchi, P ^b   Sagri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici Della Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arno River floodplain; Catastrophic floods; Italy; Late Holocene; River channel instability; Roman harbour

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; FLOOD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARNO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SERCHIO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 33750180955     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl978rp     Document Type: Article

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