Coastal dynamics under conditions of rapid sea-level rise: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene evolution of barrier-lagoon systems on the northern Adriatic shelf (Italy)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1107-1123

  Storms, Joep E A ^a   Weltje, Gert Jan ^a   Terra, Guido J ^b   Cattaneo, Antonio ^c   Trincardi, Fabio ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; TIDES; WATER ANALYSIS;

BARRIER-LAGOON SYSTEMS; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS; PRESERVED BARRIER SYSTEMS;

SEA LEVEL;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); COAST; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LAGOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGRESSION; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44349110116     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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