Holocene coastal notches in the Mediterranean region: Indicators of palaeoseismic clustering?

Geomorphology

Volumn 237, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-37

  Boulton, S J ^a   Stewart, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Climate; Marine notch; Mediterranean; Neotectonics; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890009757     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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