A possible solar pacemaker for Holocene fluctuations of a salt-marsh in southern Italy

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 239-248

  Di Rita, Federico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARCTIC; FOGGIA; GREENLAND; ITALY; PUGLIA; TAVOLIERE;

RUPPIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA;

EID: 84872335732     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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