Sea level in Roman time in the Central Mediterranean and implications for recent change

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 563-575

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a   Anzidei, Marco ^b   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^c   Benini, Alessandra ^d   Esposito, Alessandra ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Recent eustatic change; Roman Period; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; ROMAN ERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 4243162177     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.031     Document Type: Article

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