Sedimentary response to climate and sea level changes during the past ̃400 ka from borehole PRAD1-2 (Adriatic margin)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ridente, Domenico ^a,b   Trincardi, Fabio ^a   Piva, Andrea ^a   Asioli, Alessandra ^c   Cattaneo, Antonio ^d  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b Instituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Depositional sequences; High frequency climate cycles; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349249879     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001783     Document Type: Review

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