Quantitative bathymetric models for late quaternary transgressive-regressive cycles of the po plain, italy

Journal of Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 649-670

  Wittmer, Jacalyn M ^a   Dexter, Troy A ^b   Scarponi, Daniele ^c   Amorosi, Alessandro ^c   Kowalewski, Micha Ł ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; WATER DEPTH;

ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 84919339561     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: 15375269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677901     Document Type: Article

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