Maerl-bed mapping and carbonate quantification on submerged terraces offshore the Cilento peninsula (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy);Cartographie du maërl et quantification de la production carbonatée sur les terrasses sous-marines au large de la péninsule du Cilento (Mer Tyrrhénienne, Italie)

Geodiversitas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-98

  Savini, Alessandra ^a   Basso, Daniela ^a   Bracchi, Valentina Alice ^a   Corselli, Cesare ^a   Pennetta, Micla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic facies; Cilento peninsula; Coralline carbonate; Maerl distribution; Marine terraces; Seafloor mapping; Submarine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; LITHOTHAMNIUM CORALLIOIDES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84859295163     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/g2012n1a5     Document Type: Article

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