Stepwise post-glacial transgression in the RhÔne Delta area as revealed by high-resolution core data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 314-326

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Rossi, Veronica ^a   Vella, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; Millennial cycles; Rh ne Delta; Sea level change; Transgressive systems tract

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POSTGLACIAL; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUCCESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

FRANCE; RHONE DELTA;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 84875074175     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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