Subsidence pattern in the central Adriatic and its influence on sediment architecture during the last 400 kyr

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Maselli, V ^a,b   Trincardi, F ^b   Cattaneo, A ^c   Ridente, D ^d   Asioli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; WATER DEPTH;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650950158     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007687     Document Type: Article

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