Tracing provenance and pathways of late Holocene fluvio-deltaic sediments by heavy-metal spatial distribution (Po Plain-Northern Apennines system, Italy)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 313-325

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Sammartino, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HEAVY METAL; PROVENANCE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; APENNINES; ITALY; PO DELTA; PO PLAIN; VENETO;

EID: 84930814492     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP386.6     Document Type: Article

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