Late Holocene Mediterranean coastal change along the Tiber Delta and Roman occupation of the Laurentine shore, central Italy

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Rendell, Helen M ^a   Claridge, Amanda J ^b   Clarke, Michèle L ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dating; Delta; Dunes; Luminescence; Occupation; Roman; Sand; Tiber

Indexed keywords

COAST; DATING METHOD; DUNE; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 34548422900     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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