Coastal response to climate change: Mediterranean shorelines during the Last Interglacial (MIS 5)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-98

  Mauz, Barbara ^a   Fanelli, Fabio ^a   Elmejdoub, Noureddine ^b   Barbieri, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Arid shoreline; Last Interglacial (MIS 5); Mediterranean; Sea level

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MONSOON; ARID SHORELINE; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MEDITERRANEAN; MODERN ANALOGUES; MONSOON CLIMATE; NEARSHORES; NILE DELTA; NORTH ATLANTIC; ORBITAL FORCING; RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; TIME LAG;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOACTIVITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; EUSTACY; GRAINSTONE; HIGHSTAND; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OOLITE; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORELINE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EGYPT; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84867722175     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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