Late-Holocene relative sea level ch'ange in Malta

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 20-22

  Biolchi, Sara ^a,b   Gambin, Timothy ^c   Abela, Ritienne ^c   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^d   Furlani, Stefano ^a,e   Anzidei, Marco ^f   Devoto, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Late Holocene; Malta; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863540154     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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