The Holocene coastal alluvial fan of the Saraceno Fiumara (Calabria, Southern Italy): highstand filling of an incised valley

GeoActa

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-27

  Sabato, Luisa ^a   Tropeano, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Coastal alluvial fan; Fiumara; Holocene; Incised valley fill; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251492622     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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