Coalescent valley fills from the late Quaternary record of Tuscany (Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Sarti, Giovanni ^b   Mattei, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AGGRADATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL PLAIN; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INCISED VALLEY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRANSGRESSION; VALLEY FILL;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84873704866     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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