Holocene changes in the Douro estuary (northwestern Iberia)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 711-720

  Naughton, Filipa ^a,b,c   Goñi, Maria Fernanda Sánchez ^a   Drago, Teresa ^b   Freitas, Maria Conceição ^c   Oliveira, Anabela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO HIDROGRÁFICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal changes; Gravel barrier; Pollen; Portugal; Sea level changes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CORE ANALYSIS; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORELINE CHANGE;

DOURO ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALNUS; ECHINODERMATA; ERICACEAE; FORAMINIFERA; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 34250727205     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0462.1     Document Type: Article

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