Late Holocene vertical deformation along the coast of Pantelleria Island (Sicily Channel, Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 158-165

  de Guidi, Giorgio ^a   Monaco, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HOLOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PANTELLERIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

ANTHOZOA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 69249241852     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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