The palaeoenvironmental study of the Alimini Piccolo lake enables a reconstruction of holocene sea-level changes in southeast Italy

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-563

  Primavera, Milena ^a   Simone, Oronzo ^a   Fiorentino, Girolamo ^a   Caldara, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bathymetry reconstruction; charophytes; coastal lake environment; plant macro remains; sea level changes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BATHYMETRY; CHAROPHYTE; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; INVERTEBRATE; LAGOON; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ITALY; LAKE ALIMINI PICCOLO; LECCE; PUGLIA;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 79957647123     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610385719     Document Type: Article

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