High-frequency sea level and sediment supply fluctuations during Termination I: An integrated sequence-stratigraphy and modeling approach from the Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean)

Marine Geology

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 54-70

  Maselli, Vittorio ^a,b   Hutton, Eric W ^c   Kettner, Albert J ^c   Syvitski, James P M ^c   Trincardi, Fabio ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Numerical modeling; Sea level; Transgressive sediments; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ALPINE GLACIER; CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RATE; HYDROLOGICAL WATER BALANCE; HYDROTREND; ICE MELTING; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; MELTWATER PULSE; MODEL SIMULATION; MODELING APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARTIAL MELTING; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDFLUX; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIME INTERVAL; TRANSGRESSIVE SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MODELS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MELTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEA LEVEL;

BARRIER ISLAND; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EROSIVITY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION; WATER BUDGET; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 80052600915     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.06.012     Document Type: Review

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