Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Adriatic coastal plain and the onset of Po River Delta

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-90

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Dinelli, Enrico ^a   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Vaiani, Stefano Claudio ^a   Sacchetto, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Sacchetto Perforazioni Geotecnica (SPG)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic mud belt; Late Quaternary; Micropalaeontology; Palaeogeography; Po Delta; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOWSTAND; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROGRADATION; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION;

ADIGE RIVER; ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

MILIOLIDAE; NONIONELLA TURGIDA;

EID: 52949134820     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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