The contribution of tectonics to relative sea-level change during the Holocene in coastal south-eastern Sicily: New data from boreholes

Quaternary International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 214-227

  Spampinato, C R ^a   Costa, B ^a   Di Stefano, A ^a   Monaco, C ^a   Scicchitano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; BOREHOLE; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ITALY; SICILY;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79851508541     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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