OSL dating of upper pleistocene littoral sediments: A contribution to the chronostratigraphy of raised marine terraces bordering the Gulf of Taranto, South Italy

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-50

  Zander, Anja ^a   Fulling, Alexander ^b   Brückner, Helmut ^a   Mastronuzzi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gulf of Taranto; Italy; Marine terrace deposits; OSL age determination; Sea level changes; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; FELDSPAR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TERRACE;

GULF OF TARANTO; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34247851795     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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