Multiproxy assessment of Holocene relative sea-level changes in the western Mediterranean: Sea-level variability and improvements in the definition of the isostatic signal

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 172-197

  Vacchi, Matteo ^a   Marriner, Nick ^b   Morhange, Christophe ^a   Spada, Giorgio ^c   Fontana, Alessandro ^d   Rovere, Alessio ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holocene; Isostatic adjustment; Mediterranean Sea; Sea level database; Sea level proxy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; ISOSTASY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CROATIA; FRANCE; ITALY; MALTA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; TUNISIA;

EID: 84960942489     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.02.002     Document Type: Review

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