Reconstruction of the depositional history of the former coastal lagoon of Vilamoura (Algarve, Portugal): A sedimentological, microfaunal and geophysical approach

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 SUPPL. B, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Hilbich, Christin ^a   Mügler, Ines ^b   Daut, Gerhard ^a   Frenzel, Peter ^a   Van Der Borg, Klaas ^c   Mäusbacher, Roland ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal evolution; Estuary; Flandrian transgression; Geoarchaeology; Holocene sea level change; Palaeoenvironmental stages; Roman period

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL LAGOON; FLANDRIAN; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VILAMOURA;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 42149123799     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0411.1     Document Type: Article

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