Anatomy of a compound delta from the post-glacial transgressive record in the Adriatic Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 362, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-59

  Pellegrini, Claudio ^a,b   Maselli, Vittorio ^a   Cattaneo, Antonio ^c   Piva, Andrea ^d   Ceregato, Alessandro ^a   Trincardi, Fabio ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compound delta; Mediterranean Sea; Subaqueous clinoform; Transgressive deposits; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COMPOUND DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUBAQUEOUS CLINOFORM; TRANSGRESSIVE DEPOSITS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SEA LEVEL;

ANATOMY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; POSTGLACIAL; SUCCESSION; TRANSGRESSION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84923025639     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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