Evidence of former Holocene sea level in the Marennes-Oléron Bay (French Atlantic coast)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-314

  Allard, Jonathan ^a   Chaumillon, Éric ^a   Poirier, Clément ^a   Sauriau, Pierre Guy ^a   Weber, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic molluscs; France; Holocene; Incised valley; Marennes Ol ron Bay; Sea level; Very high resolution seismic profile

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LITHOFACIES; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VALLEY FILL;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [FRANCE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

MOLLUSCA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA;

EID: 41249083890     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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