Late Holocene widening of karst voids by marine processes in partially submerged coastal caves (Northeastern Adriatic Sea)

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-140

  Furlani, Stefano ^a   Cucchi, Franco ^a   Biolchi, Sara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal caves; Croatia; Gulf of Trieste; Istria; Italy; Late Holocene; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CAVE SYSTEM; CLIFF; COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; KARST; LIMESTONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION; VOID;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; GULF OF TRIESTE; ISTRIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84873282512     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2012.35.12     Document Type: Article

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