Rapid Holocene sea-level changes along the Iranian Caspian coast

Quaternary International

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-103

  Kakroodi, A A ^a   Kroonenberg, S B ^a   Hoogendoorn, R M ^b   Mohammd Khani, H ^c   Yamani, M ^d   Ghassemi, M R ^c   Lahijani, H A K ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Geological Survey of Iran ^*

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e Iranian National Center for Oceanography   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84861480739     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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