Tidal notches in Mediterranean Sea: A comprehensive analysis

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-84

  Antonioli, Fabrizio ^a   Lo Presti, Valeria ^a,b   Rovere, Alessio ^c,d   Ferranti, Luigi ^e   Anzidei, Marco ^f   Furlani, Stefano ^g   Mastronuzzi, Giuseppe ^h   Orru, Paolo E ⁱ   Scicchitano, Giovanni ^j   Sannino, Gianmaria ^a   Spampinato, Cecilia R ^k   Pagliarulo, Rossella ^l   Deiana, Giacomo ⁱ   de Sabata, Eleonora ^m   Sansò, Paolo ⁿ   Vacchi, Matteo ^o   Vecchio, Antonio ^f  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f Istituto Nazionale di Geofi Sica e Vulcanologia   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^l CNR   (Italy)

^m MedSharks   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^o CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Holocene; Mediterranean Sea; Relative sea level rise; Tidal notches

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WEATHERING;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENES; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SALT WEATHERING; TIDAL NOTCHES; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

TIDAL POWER;

BIOEROSION; DATA SET; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; WAVE ENERGY; WEATHERING RATE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84929179509     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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