Anatomy of a late Pleistocene clinoformal sedimentary body (Le Castella, Calabria, southern Italy): A case of prograding spit system?

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 223, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 291-309

  Zecchin, Massimo ^a   Caffau, Mauro ^a   Civile, Dario ^a   Roda, Cesare ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinoform; Crotone; Le Castella; Marine terrace; Pleistocene; Spit system

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FACIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALABRIA; CROTONE; ITALY;

EID: 75749135167     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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