Holocene sea level change in Malta

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-157

  Furlani, Stefano ^a,b   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^c   Biolchi, Sara ^a,d   Gambin, Timothy ^e,f   Gauci, Ritienne ^e   Lo Presti, Valeria ^g   Anzidei, Marco ^h   Devoto, Stefano ^d   Palombo, Mariarita ⁱ   Sulli, Attilio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^f Università di Palermo ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h INGV   (Italy)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

MALTA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84873704896     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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