The sediments of the 'Stagno di Maccarese' marsh (Tiber river delta, central italy): A late-Holocene record of natural and human-induced environmental changes

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1233-1243

  Giraudi, Carlo ^a  

^a ENEA CR Saluggia   (Italy)

Author keywords

coastal marshes; late Holocene; natural and human induced environmental variations; palaeoclimate; stratigraphy; Tiber delta

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; REGRESSION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

ALPS; APENNINES; ITALY; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 82855178048     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405235     Document Type: Article

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