How eustatic raised marine terraces of Calabria can be connected with climate oscillations occurring over the MIS 5-MIS 4 period

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-31

  Dumas, Bernard ^a   Raffy, Jeannine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Calabria; Climate oscillations; Marine terraces; MIS and OIS 4; MIS and OIS 5; Sea level change; Sea level curve; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COASTAL ZONE; EUSTACY; PLEISTOCENE; TERRACE;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55749091993     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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