Late Pleistocene raised beaches of coastal Estremadura, central Portugal

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 27-28, 2009, Pages 3428-3447

  Benedetti, Michael M ^a   Haws, Jonathan A ^b   Funk, Caroline L ^c   Daniels, J Michael ^d   Hesp, Patrick A ^e   Bicho, Nuno F ^f   Minckley, Thomas A ^g   Ellwood, Brooks B ^e   Forman, Steven L ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University of Denver ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; COASTAL BLUFFS; COASTAL DUNE; COMBINED EFFECT; EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEINRICH EVENTS; HOLOCENES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; OPTICAL LUMINESCENCE; PORTUGAL; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STUDY AREAS; TIDAL CHANNEL; UPLIFT RATE;

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITS; EMPLOYMENT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; CHRONOLOGY; DUNE; EUSTACY; HEINRICH EVENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OCCUPATION; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDAL CHANNEL;

ESTREMADURA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450252070     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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