Upper Pleistocene coastal deposits of West Sardinia: A record of sea-level and climate change

GeoActa

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 79-96

  Andreucci, Stefano ^a   Pascucci, Vincenzo ^a   Clemmensen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposits; Coastal deposits; Quaternary; Sardinia; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947289399     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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