Coastal structure, sea-level changes and vertical motion of the land in the mediterranean

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Anzidei, Marco ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^b   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^c   Furlani, Stefano ^d   Mastronuzzi, Giuseppe ^e   Serpelloni, Enrico ^a   Vannucci, Gianfranco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 84929219747     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP388.20     Document Type: Article

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