The Holocene of the Agro Pontino graben: Recent advances in its palaeogeography, palaeoecology, and tephrostratigraphy

Quaternary International

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 153-162

  Sevink, J ^a   van der Plicht, J ^b,c   Feiken, H ^b   van Leusen, P M ^b   Bakels, C C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; DENUDATION; GRABEN; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PUMICE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

AGRO PONTINO; ITALY; LATINA; LAZIO;

EID: 84879798808     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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