Late Glacial to Preboreal sea-level rise recorded by the Rhône deltaic system (NW Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 65-88

  Berne S ^a   Jouet, G ^a,b   Bassetti, M A ^c   Dennielou, B ^a   Taviani, M ^d  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

deglacial; delta; sea level; Western Mediterranean Sea; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEA LEVEL;

DELTA; LATE GLACIAL; PREBOREAL; SEA LEVEL; SHELF BREAK; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); RHONE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35248853903     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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