New insights on the relative sea level change during Holocene along the coasts of Tunisia and western Libya from archaeological and geomorphological markers

Quaternary International

Volumn 232, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Anzidei, M ^a,b   Antonioli, F ^c   Lambeck, K ^d   Benini, A ^b   Soussi, M ^e   Lakhdar, R ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; TUNISIA;

EID: 79851511659     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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