Climate change signature of small-scale parasequences from Lateglacial-Holocene transgressive deposits of the Arno valley fill

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 142-152

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Ricci Lucchi, Marianna ^a   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Sarti, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Millennial scale cycles; Parasequence; Pollen; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASEQUENCE; POLLEN; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 60149092783     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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