Correlation of fluviodeltaic aggradational sections with glacial climate history: a revision of the Pleistocene stratigraphy of Rome

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 748-758

  Karner, Daniel B ^a   Marra, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL CLIMATE; GLACIAL TERMINATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ITALY;

EID: 84879888586     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0748:COFASW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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