Effects of intense anthropic settlement of coastal areas on sea-bed and sedimentary systems: A case study from the Augusta Bay (Southern Italy)

Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-143

  Budillon, F ^a   Ferraro, L ^a   Hopkins, T S ^a,b   Iorio, M ^a   Lubritto, C ^c   Sprovieri, M ^a   Bellonia, A ^a   Marzaioli, F ^c   Tonielli, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

14C dating; Augusta Bay; Human disturbance on coastal areas; Seabed topography; Western Ionia Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952818904     PISSN: 20358008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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