Relative Sea-Level Changes During Roman Times in the Northwest Mediterranean: The 1st Century A.D. Fish Tank of Forum Julii, Fréjus, France

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-372

  Morhange, Christophe ^a   Marriner, Nick ^b   Excoffon, Pierre ^c   Bonnet, Stéphane ^d   Flaux, Clément ^a   Zibrowius, Helmut ^e   Goiran, Jean Philippe ^f   Amouri, Mourad El ^g  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Centre Camille Jullian   (France)

^d Route des Milles   (France)

^e STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g 10 rue Guy Fabre 13001   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BENTHOS; FOSSIL RECORD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRESERVATION; PUBLISHING; ROMAN ERA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84878999388     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21444     Document Type: Article

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