New insights on late Quaternary palaeogeographic setting in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 489-501

  Picone, Sara ^a   Alvisi, Francesca ^a   Dinelli, Enrico ^b   Morigi, Caterina ^c   Negri, Alessandra ^d   Ravaioli, Mariangela ^a   Vaccaro, Carmela ^d  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Geochemical proxies; Late Quaternary transgression; Northern Adriatic Sea; Sedimentary record

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POSTGLACIAL; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

ADIGE RIVER; ADRIATIC SEA; ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 48649111000     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1152     Document Type: Article

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