Transgressive dune formation along a cliffed coast at 75 ka in Sardinia, Western Mediterranean: A record of sea-level fall and increased windiness

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 424-433

  Andreucci, Stefano ^a   Clemmensen, Lars B ^b   Pascucci, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAST; COASTAL LANDFORM; DUNE FORMATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 78349272791     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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