Decoding last interglacial sea-level variations in the western Mediterranean using speleothem encrustations from coastal caves in Mallorca and Sardinia: A field data -- model comparison

Quaternary International

Volumn 262, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-64

  Tuccimei, Paola ^a   Onac, Bogdan P ^b   Dorale, Jeffrey A ^c   Ginés, Joaquin ^d   Fornós, Joan J ^d   Ginés, Angel ^d   Spada, Giorgio ^e   Ruggieri, Gabriella ^e   Mucedda, Mauro ^f  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^f Gruppo Speleologico Sassarese   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; COASTAL ZONE; EUSTACY; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; ITALY; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SARDINIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84861194200     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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