The application of a subtidal foraminifera-based transfer function to reconstruct Holocene paleobathymetry of the Po Delta, Northern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-190

  Rossi, Veronica ^a   Horton, Benjamin Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO DELTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70349202206     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.39.3.180     Document Type: Article

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