Aeolian beach ridges and their significance for climate and sea level: Concept and insight from the Levant coast (East Mediterranean)

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-54

  Mauz, B ^a   Hijma, M P ^b   Amorosi, A ^c   Porat, N ^d   Galili, E ^e   Bloemendal, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aeolian beach ridge; Late Quaternary; Levant; Sea level; Stratigraphic architecture

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; CLIMATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; VEGETATION;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84876311749     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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