Post-glacial readjustment, sea-level variations, subsidence and erosion along Italian coasts

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-144

  Stocchi, P ^a   Girometti, L ^b   Spada, G ^b   Anzidei, M ^c   Colleoni, F ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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