Geomorphological, paleontological and 87Sr/86Sr isotope analyses of early Pleistocene paleoshorelines to define the uplift of Central Apennines (Italy)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-501

  Mancini, Marco ^a   D'Anastasio, Elisabetta ^b   Barbieri, Mario ^a,c   De Martini, Paolo Marco ^b,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Apennines; Early Pleistocene; Italy; Shoreline; Sr isotope stratigraphy; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOLLUSC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; MIDDLE VALLEY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER RIVER;

ANTHOZOA; LITHOPHAGA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34147170488     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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