Evidence of vertical tectonic uplift at Briatico (Calabria, Italy) inferred from Roman age maritime archaeological indicators

Quaternary International

Volumn 288, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-167

  Anzidei, Marco ^a,c   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^b   Benini, Alessandra ^c   Gervasi, Anna ^a,c   Guerra, Ignazio ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BASIN EVOLUTION; BREAKWATER; PLEISTOCENE; ROMAN ERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

CALABRIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

EID: 84873737841     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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